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Sign Language
of
This Month
The structure (order) of Japanese signlanguage is a little different from that of Japanese language.
You should learn signlanguage as if you are learning a foreign language.
Also your facial expression is very important when you use signs.
Please practice sign in front of a mirror.

The theme of this month is "Rain".
"I don't like when it rains everyday. I wish it would clear up."

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Please be patient and wait for the animation to appear.

��every day��

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With your thumbs pointing up and your forefingers extended, rotate your hands from the wrist in a reverse motion.
(=always/many times/all the time/every�`)
*repeat

��rain��

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Spread your forefingers and move your hands from infront of your head down to your chest.
- Repeat several times -�i=rain�j

��it��

Point out into space.�i=it�j

��dislike��

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In front of your chin pinch your thumbs and forefinger.
Move away sharply from your chin separating your thumb and forefinger.(=dislike/don't want to�j

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Point out yourself with your forefinger.(=I�j

��clear��

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Cross your open hands, palms facing out, in front of your face.
Uncross and put your hands up in the air.�i=clear/sunny�j

��good��

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Put forward your right first in front of your nose.�i= good�j

��don't you agree?/sound like�`��

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Extend your right arm forward and your left arm accross to the center of your chest.
Then repeatably pinch your thumbs and forefingers.�i=same/ don't you agree?�j

NOTES!
��You can express the sign "rain" in different ways depending on its strength. In the case of "light rain", you can express by only using your forefingers and putting them down in turns.(left and right)

��By pointing into space after the sign "rain", you can express "it is raining" clearly.

��If you express your emotion, your facial expression is very important. In the picture, she express her dislike feeling with a frown.

��Pointing out yourself at the end of sentence, you can express who is the subject of the sentence.

��When you want to express your wish for clear weather, look outside and just make the sign "clear" and then "good". Facial expression is very important.

��The sign for "the same" is also used at the end of a sentence to ask "don't you agree?" Again, facial expression is important.

��To May JSL

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