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The touching of elbows between two people, usually as an alternative to a handshake.

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elbow shake

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elbow shake

Noun

The touching of elbows between two people, usually as an alternative to a handshake.

Japanese Meaning

握手の代わりに、二人がお互いの肘を触れ合わせる行為 / 挨拶として用いられる、肘同士を接触させる方法

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After weeks of remote meetings, we greeted each other with an elbow shake in the office hallway.

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リモート会議が数週間続いた後、私たちはオフィスの廊下で肘での挨拶を交わした。

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The touching of elbows between two people, usually as an alternative to a handshake.

Cholera spread can be reduced by modifying behaviour, especially handshakes. During the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014 people stopped shaking hands and used the “Ebola elbow shake”.

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