ジェスチャー

じぇすちゃー
noun
gesture; body language
colloquialcommunication
1. gesture; body language; gesticulation
A movement of the hands, arms, or body used to express meaning or communicate, either in conversation or as a substitute for words.
ジェスチャーで伝(つた)えた。
I communicated through gestures.
言葉(ことば)が通(つう)じないときはジェスチャーが役(やく)に立(た)つ。
Gestures are useful when you can't communicate with words.
彼(かれ)は話(はな)すとき大(おお)きなジェスチャーを交(まじ)えるので、とても分(わ)かりやすい。
He uses big gestures when he talks, which makes him very easy to understand.
2. gesture; token act; show of goodwill
A symbolic action done to convey an attitude or intention, not necessarily with practical effect.
それはただのジェスチャーだ。
That's just a gesture.
友好(ゆうこう)のジェスチャーとして花束(はなたば)を贈(おく)った。
I presented flowers as a gesture of friendship.
社長(しゃちょう)の謝罪(しゃざい)は誠意(せいい)のないジェスチャーにすぎないと批判(ひはん)された。
The president's apology was criticized as nothing more than an empty gesture.

From English "gesture." Used both for physical body movements and for figurative symbolic actions. The charades-style party game is also called ジェスチャーゲーム in Japanese.

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Compare: 身振(みぶ)り (gesture, body movement)
Compare: 手振(てぶ)り (hand gesture)
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