Word Meaning 仕草

しぐさ shigusa

仕草 is read as しぐさ (shigusa) and means acting.

Meaning

English

  1. acting
  2. performance
  3. gesture
  4. movement
  5. action
  6. behavior
  7. behaviour
  8. bearing

Reading

Kana

しぐさ

Romaji

shigusa

Writing Variants

  • 為種 しぐさ shigusa
  • 仕種 しぐさ shigusa

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 16580 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

仕組み

しくみ

plan

仕様がない

しょうがない

there's no (other) way

仕様

しよう

(technical) specification

仕舞う

しまう

to do completely

仕掛け

しかけ

(small) scale

仕込み

しこみ

girl studying to become a geisha

仕掛ける

しかける

to make a meld call

仕打ち

しうち

(poor) treatment

仕組む

しくむ

to devise

仕様書

しようしょ

specification document

仕留める

しとめる

to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.)

仕向け

しむけ

delivery

Example Sentences

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She smoothly and elegantly poured the water into the glass.

You, your voice, your face, your gestures...none of it comes to mind.

Since he's in show business he often goofs around in a showy way, but once in a while he has these bashful mannerisms that are really cute.

"I wonder, is Tom really a boy?" "What do you mean?" "Well, I mean, he's just so cute, plus he behaves like a girl..."

Just as water, gas, and electricity are brought into our houses from far off to satisfy our needs in response to a minimal effort, so we shall be supplied with visual or auditory images, which will appear and disappear at a simple movement of the hand, hardly more than a sign.