Japanese Body Language - 顔を出す

We stick our necks out in the west. The Japanese don’t mess around. They stick their whole face out.

顔を出す [かおをだす, kao o dasu] come; arrive; appear; put in an appearance.

Whenever there is a party or an event, friends, if you have them, will want to know if you are planning to attend.

They will ask if you plan to stick your face in/out expecting the rest of your body to follow.

I had a friend once, not Japanese, his nose was so big that it often showed up a few seconds before his face.

The Japanese don’t say stick out your nose but there are other things you can do with it.

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May 23, 2008 - 2:05 am
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