== Gestik ==
For nogle [[vesterlændinge]] ([[italiener]]e og [[spaniere]] undtaget) ser det ud til maneki-neko vinker i stedet for at bede.
<ref>Calero, H. (2005). ''[http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=plCVYnnUhjoC&pg=PA116&lpg=PA116&dq=beckon+gesture+italy&source=bl&ots=XJeJu3Rj0Q&sig=bLTeYCL8z9luLWtt7eLdIcnYnV4&sa=X&ei=i-w1UKWvCcLSrQe9woCgBA&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=beckon%20gesture%20italy&f=false The power of nonverbal communication]'' (p. 116). Aberdeen, WA: Silver Lake.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalbusinessleadership.com/gestures_overview.asp |title=Gestures around the World |access-date=24. september 2012 |archive-date=11. marts 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311180211/http://www.globalbusinessleadership.com/gestures_overview.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
Grunden er forskellen i måden [[gestik]] og [[kropssprog]] opfattes af nogle vesterlændinge og japanere.
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