手て締じめ

noun

ceremonial hand-clapping

A rhythmic clapping pattern performed at the end of formal gatherings, meetings, or celebrations to signal a tidy conclusion. Often follows a specific call-and-response sequence.

• 忘ぼう年ねん会かいの最さい後ごに、みんなで手て締じめをした。

  At the end of the year-end party, everyone did the ceremonial hand-clapping.

• 会かい議ぎの終おわりに手て締じめを行おこないましょう。

  Let's do the ceremonial hand-clapping at the end of the meeting.