This page features hobbies like karaoke, watching movies and many other
hobbies that ALTs might have. If your own hobby isn't listed, try finger
spelling the name of it using Page Two: The 50 Sounds of the Japanese Language.
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11. Karaoke (カラオケ)
| The right fist is held in front of the right side of the chest as if holding
a microphone while pretending to sing. |
mov_jsl_11_1l.mp4 |
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12. Eating out at Restaurants
(食べ歩き−たべあるき)
The fingers of the right hand are all curled in towards the palm of the hand forming the finger-spelling for "E" (an example is given on Page Two: The 50 Sounds of the Japanese Language) and held in front of the mouth with the palm toward the face.
Next, extend your index and middle fingers from your fisted right hand and place it in front of the right side of your chest. With the fingers pointing down (making an image of a standing person), move your hand away from you and from side to side as you scissor your fingers (giving the image of a person walking to and fro). |
mov_jsl_11_1m.mp4 |
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13. Theatergoing (観劇−かんげき)
Extend the index finger of the fisted right hand and touch under the right eye with the fingertip. Next, move it out a short distance to point toward the interlocutor.
Next, both hands are fisted with the left placed in front of the left shoulder palm out and the right above the shoulder, palm toward you. In one motion, both fists twist and move at the same time so that the left ends palm toward you above the left shoulder and the right ends in front of the shoulder, palm out. |
mov_jsl_11_1n.mp4 |
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14. Watching Movies (映画)
Extend the index finger of the fisted right hand and touch under the right eye with the fingertip. Next, move it out a short distance to point toward the interlocutor.
Next, hold both hands palms toward you out in front of your chest with the fingers splayed and the tips pointing toward each other. Then, move them up and down alternately (meaning "Movie" or "Television"), completing the sign. |
mov_jsl_11_1o.mp4 |
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15. Collecting Stamps
(切手収集−きってしゅうしゅう)
The left hand is held palm up in front of the lower left side of the chest with the fingers pointed toward the interlocutor. The index and middle finger of the fisted right are extended and that hand is held, palm toward you, with the tips of the fingers held in front of the mouth. Stick the tongue out slightly and pretend to lick your fingertips and place them in the palm of the left hand.
Last, place your open hands palms toward you in front of your stomach and twice make a counterclockwise motion with the right at the same time as you make a clockwise motion with the left as if you are gathering up things in front of you. |
mov_jsl_11_1p.mp4 |
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16. Tea Ceremony (茶道−さどう)
| Make a "C" with the left hand and hold it palm toward you (as if you are holding a teacup a little below the center of the chest). The right palm is held facing down and the thumb is folded into the palm with the fingers bent toward the floor forming a "tea whisk". The right "whisk" fingers make three clockwise circles inside the left hand "teacup". |
mov_jsl_11_1q.mp4 |
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17. Sculpture/Engraving/Carving
(彫刻−ちょうこく)
| The fingers of the left hand are all curled in towards the palm of the hand forming the finger-spelling for "E" (an example is given on Page Two: The 50 Sounds of the Japanese Language) and held palm up, fingers to the right in the center of the chest while the fisted right hand makes two scooping motions over the other (to give the interlocutor the image of someone carving something). |
mov_jsl_11_1r.mp4 |
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18. Knitting (編み物−あみもの)
| Both hands are fisted and the extended index fingers are crossed in front of the center of the upper chest. The two fingers motion as if knitting something. |
mov_jsl_11_1s.mp4 |
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19. Photography (写真−しゃしん)
| The index finger and thumb of both fisted hands are brought up in front
of the face like you are holding a camera to take a picture. Then the right
index finger presses down as if pushing the button on the camera. |
mov_jsl_11_1t.mp4 |
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20. Reading (読書−どくしょ)
| The palms of the open hands are placed together in front of the center of the chest with the fingertips pointing toward the interlocutor. They are then parted from the thumb side with the blade edges kept in contact, as if opening a book. Then the left hand is held up in front of the upper left of the chest with the palm toward you and the fingers pointing up. The right hand is formed into the JSL finger spelling for "U" (an example is given on Page Two: The 50 Sounds of the Japanese Language) and the fingertips are moved down the palm side of the left hand from the fingertips to the palm as if reading vertical Japanese script from a page. |
mov_jsl_11_1u.mp4 |
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21. Calligraphy (習字−しゅうじ)
| The open left hand is placed palm down in front of the stomach as if holding
down a sheet of paper. The right is formed as if holding a brush or pencil,
then stroked back and forth toward you as if painting a Chinese character
on the imaginary page. |
mov_jsl_11_1v.mp4 |
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