Seven gestures that I want to take a bit of attention when using overseas

It is a gesture gesture that I use casually in my everyday conversation, but sometimes I may not be communicated to my partner as I intended. And, looking overseas, we may have completely different meanings from what we normally use. For example, if you shake the palm of your hand to the opponent, it will be "Okayo" in Japan, but if you use it in the United States etc, it will be "Aichikei". On the contrary, in the United States and elsewhere, if you move your fingers like a palm upwards, you become a gesture calling your opponent.

Although such a casual use is used, in some countries I will introduce a gesture that has a terrible meaning.
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1. Extrude open hand

When you are full of stomach and you can not eat any more, you may stick out both hands opened in the sense of "stop". At ASCIIart, daddy cool is "NO THANK YOU"What to say while saying. Or, when expressing the number "5" by hand, keep all your fingers upright. The gesture that protrudes this hand is in GreeceMoutzaJust saying, "I will paint your feces on your face" will be a gesture insulting your opponent. This seems to originate from the criminal of Byzantine empire being painted with charcoal or feces, and in order not to be misunderstood it is necessary to put the back of the hand toward the other party.

2. Put your thumbs up

In the meaning of "OK" or "Good", thumbs may be made. For example, "This movie is amazing!" It shows a big thumbs up to the other party, but this is very vulgar meaning in the Middle East etc. "I thrust into your anus". Apart from the Middle East it seems to have similar meaning in West Africa and South America. The origin of the gesture seems to be that thumbs up if the Roman emperor advances gladiator lost by fighting, if threatening to kill, it is thought that thumb is directed downward, but this meaning is hidden behind it Is it ...?

3. Clean up the dishes and finish eating

In the state where the dishes are flattened cleanly and the dishes are coming out cleanly, in the United States and elsewhere it is meant "This dish was delicious, it was also regrettable to leave a piece of kasu," but in China and Thailand You did not come to eat only appetizers, do not make me bored. " In China, it is manners to eat foods and to eat them in a mountain, which is said to be a message that "I can not eat it because it is full of stomach, I got enough hospitality to eat this much" . Also, it is a proof of satiety in China to get a grip after finishing eating. However, let's watch out farting because we can frown in the most parts of the country.

4. Talk to the opposite sex

"Good morning Steve, how are you feeling" is not as strange as a greeting in the morning, but in Saudi Arabia it is said that women should not greet men without accompanying their husbands. In February 2008, an American woman was arrested for talking to a Starbucks clerk, and she was instructed to sign a mistake as soon as it was inspected for belongings. If a woman is going to travel to Saudi Arabia, it seems that you have to be careful about various things.

5. Give flowers of even number bundle

Although it is not unusual to present a bouquet as a sign of love or a thank you, in Russia an even number of flowers are used at the time of the funeral, so if you give a rose 2 wheel present etc, Something like saying. Also, wrapping a gift with white paper is NG because it implies a funeral. Also, it seems that you should not give white flowers in Bangladesh.

6. Give the gift with your left hand

In India, Sri Lanka, Africa and the Middle East, the left hand is said to be an unclean hand which wipes the butt with a toilet, it can not give out a present or use it for meals. Even if left-handed there is no exception.

7. Sign out OK

"OK sign" to make a circle with the thumb and index finger seems to mean "in brazil" it means "I'm rough".Richard NixonWhen I visited Brazil as vice president in the 1950s, I got this signature for the camera.
Additional notes:From those who were born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this gesture is meant to mean a hole in the buttocks, turned over and used to insult vulgarly, pointed out that it is the same as signing the middle finger in the United States I received.

It is a place I want to be careful not to get a little misunderstandings.