頷いたり、手を叩いたり、ほほえんだり、また、爆笑したりして承認を伝える。

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English Translation

People communicate approval by nodding, by clapping their hands, by smiling or laughing.

Furigana

頷(うなず)いたり、手(て)を叩(たた)いたり、ほほえんだり、また、爆笑(ばくしょう)したりして承認(しょうにん)を伝(つた)える。

Romanji

Unazui tari, te o tatai tari, hohoen dari, mata, bakushōshi tari shite shōnin o tsutaeru.

Words

頷く (うなずく、うなづく)

to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree

たり (たり、だり)

-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); (used adverbially) doing such things as...; expresses a command; (after a noun) to be; indicates completion or continuation of an action

手 (て)

hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker; help; trouble; care; effort; means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship; hand; handwriting; kind; type; sort; one's hands; one's possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

叩く (たたく、はたく)

to strike; to clap; to knock; to dust; to beat; to play drums; to abuse; to flame (e.g. on the Internet); to insult; to use up money; to call; to invoke (e.g. a function)

微笑む (ほほえむ)

to smile

又 (また)

again; and; also; still (doing something)

爆笑 (ばくしょう)

roar of laughter (from several people); laughing hard (single person)

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

承認 (しょうにん)

recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement

伝える (つたえる)

to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart; to propagate; to teach; to bequeath