Learn Japanese Online Lesson 12　Hmm, that's convenient!

Gestures not only assist verbal communication, they can sometimes convey a message better than words. We'll introduce a few gestures that the Japanese often use in daily life.
In Japan, when you want to call someone closer, you keep the back of your hand up and move your fingers toward you in a pulling motion.
Pointing at your own nose with your forefinger means "Me."
When you agree, you nod your head up and down, and when you disagree you move your head right and left.
Now, here's a question. Can you guess what it means to put your two forefingers pointing upwards on top of your head?... In fact, it means "anger." The two fingers represent the horns on the head of an ogre!