To describe non-manual signals (NMS’s) of Japanese Sign Language (JSL), we have developed the notational system sIGNDEX. The
notation describes both JSL words and NMS’s. We specify characteristics of sIGNDEX in detail. We have also made a linguistic
corpus that contains 100 JSL utterances. We show how sIGNDEX successfully describes not only manual signs but also NMS’s that
appear in the corpus. Using the results of the descriptions, we conducted statistical analyses of NMS’s, which provide us
with intriguing facts about frequencies and correlations of NMS’s.