A cool guide to Japanese Emoticons
A cool guide to Japanese Emoticons
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Fun fact: Japanese emoticons have more focus on the eyes and western ones on the mouth which is a general thing in the cultures. Compare Manga and western comics and the former have big eyes and a small mouth and the latter has the other way around
55 0 ReplyNGL I prefer Japanese emoticons over the yellow faced emoji.
52 0 Reply🥺
16 0 Reply😱
13 1 ReplyMy favourite is incredulous 🤨
7 0 Reply😡😡
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It's missing (UwU) ...still don't know what it means.
31 0 ReplyYou lucky bastard.
11 0 Replyclosed eyes and animal mouth commonly used by furries
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( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
27 0 Reply"Seriously?" and "amazed" being identical would really fuck with you if you're a bit insecure
20 0 Reply(o_o) (0_0) (O_O)
I think zero or lowercase o is more "seriously?" and capital O is more "amazed."
15 0 ReplyThis would be easier if the guide maker typed these up instead of drawing them.
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That's actually honestly pretty true to Japanese culture.
Honne-tatamae was one of the worst aspects of living in Japan for me, especially as an autistic person.
8 0 ReplySeriously (o_O)amazed (O_O)
7 0 ReplyThe mouth is different.
Edit: Or not.
2 0 ReplyIs it? It loos a bit different but both are
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, aren't they?4 0 Reply
I find it interesting that these emoticons are hand-drawn.
13 0 ReplyThere's a lot more interpretations than just these.
7 0 ReplyYeah... This is me blased (-_-)
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(OwO)
7 0 ReplyThese are adorable.
5 0 Replyಠ_ಠ
5 0 Reply(^_~)
4 0 ReplyYou dropped this: \
5 0 Replyactually no. but thanks I guess
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(^_-)
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(._.)
5 1 ReplyWhat makes them Japanese? ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
3 0 Reply(ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻
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I actually needed this
anyone got a link to all of them ? so I can copy paste1 0 ReplySignal messenger has them build in with the usual emojis
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This is just what we use before the days of smartphones. And it's definitely not something exclusive to Japan nor invented in Japan.
2 5 Reply@cordlesslamp @partybot They sure were invented there. North American style were sideways. :) #old
11 0 ReplyAt least in southeast Asia, teenagers has been doing that since the late 90s - early 2000s (I was one of them).
AFAIK, the Japanese emoticons use a lot of Japanese characters (letters?). For example, /(=✪㉨✪=)\ or (ノ´ヮ`)ノ*: ・゚
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Japanese and cool? Nope.
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