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Often in anime, I've noticed a gesture is done when a character remembers a
previous event of theirs, or something comes to mind. One hand is made into a
fist, of which the bottom of it will fall flat onto their palm of the other
hand, sometimes followed by a quip or phrase such as "Hold on!" or "That's
it!" indicating they have realized new means.

I'm not sure else how to refer to the hand gesture, and that's my question.
What is this hand gesture called? I had tried looking up some gif images of it
for reference to add to a group joke, but had no luck with getting the right
name for it or finding anything relevant.


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What is that "Oh yeah!" gesture that anime characters do called?


It called 合点 (Gatten). [Google image
search](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E5%90%88%E7%82%B9%20%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC&tbm=isch)

It's pretty common gesture in Japan (and other countries) I do it in real life
too.

Also there is TV show called "[gatten](http://www9.nhk.or.jp/gatten/)" that
describe something and guest did gatten it.

Do you gatten to this answer?


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