In Japan, a hand gesture with index and little finger raised, and ring and middle finger bent, pushed forward together with the thumb, is a "fox sign," kitsune sain キツネサイン, as it imitates a "fox," kitsune 狐. It's also known by the katakanization fokkusu sain フォックスサイン.
In Italian, the "corna," in Japanese katakanized koruna コルナ, meaning "horns," tsuno 角, is a hand sign done by bending the middle and ring finger, and extending the little and index finger, so that they look like two horns. It's also known as sign of the horns.
This gesture is associated with the devil, with evil, and the phrase "rock on" in music. In Japanese culture, and even in anime culture, it has extra meanings.
Not to be confused with korona コロナ, which refers to the Coronavirus or Crona from Soul Eater.
In American Sign Language (ASL), the "ILY sign," in Japanese: ai-eru-wai sain ＩＬＹサイン, is a hand gesture meaning "I Love You." It's done by extending the little finger and index, bending the ring finger and middle finger, and extending the thumb perpendicular to the index. Like this:
In Japanese, placing the back of your hand against your opposing check is a gesture used to say (or ask if) someone is an okama オカマ, which is a term for effeminate and gay men, and trans women, sometimes considered pejorative.
In Japanese, akanbee あかんべえ means a gesture used to taunt someone: pulling down one's lower eyelid to show the red under the eye, often accompanied by sticking one's tongue out.
It's also called akkanbee あっかんべー.
The term for "crossing [one's] legs" in Japanese is ashi-kumi 足組み. It's a noun formed from the phrase ashi wo kumu 足を組む, "to cross [one's] legs."
In Japanese, chouza 長座, literally "long sitting," refers to a way to sit on the floor: with your legs straight, stretched long. This is typically seen in flexibility exercises.
In Japanese, taiiku-zuwari 体育座り, "physical education sitting," is a way to sit on the floor: holding your knees. It's called this way because children are made sit like this in physical education classes in Japan.
It's also called sankaku-zuwari 三角座り, "triangle sitting," or taisou-zuwari 体操座り, "gymnastics sitting," depending on the region.
In Japanese, tate-hiza 立膝, meaning "standing knee," is a way to sit on the floor: with one knee up.
It's also spelled tate-hiza 立て膝, with okurigana,
In anime, a "three-point landing," in Japanese: san-ten chakuchi 三点着地, refers to a pose taken when landing from a high fall, typically with one foot, one knee, and one hand on the floor, making it three points of contact.
The three-point landing is often used by heroes making a dramatic entrance in a scene.
Sometimes, an anime bike slide is a reference to Akira アキラ, a 1988 anime movie, specially if's a shot with the character facing the camera, with three trails of smoke coming from the tires and the character's foot as they brake the bike, and with lightening coming out of somewhere.
In Japanese, onnanoko-zuwari 女の子座り, meaning "girl's sitting," refers to a way to sit on the floor. Typically, this is synonymous with W sitting (petan-zuwari ペタン座り), but sometimes it refers to side sitting instead (yoko-zuwari 横座り).
In Japanese, yoko-zuwari 横座り, meaning "side sitting," is a way to sit on the floor: with your legs to one side, from a seiza 正座 that leans a bit to one side, to just having knees bent and feet to one side.
It's also called onna-zuwari 女座り, "woman's sitting," ningyo-zuwari 人魚座り, "mermaid's sitting," oneesan-zuwari お姉さん座り, "older sister/young girl sitting," and shares the name onnanoko-zuwari 女の子座り, "girl's sitting," with W sitting.
From these names, you can guess it's typically associated with women for some reason.
In anime, when a character sits on the floor with their butt between their legs, forming a W shape, this is called "W-sitting," daburu-zuwari Ｗ座り, petan-zuwari ぺたん座り, petanko-zuwari ぺたんこ座り, wariza 割座, onnanoko-zuwari 女の子座り, or ahiru-zuwari アヒル座り.
