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A Kaomoji painting in Japan. Kaomoji was invented in the 1980s as a way of portraying facial expressions using text characters in Japan. It was independent of the emoticon movement started by Scott Fahlman in the United States in the same decade. Kaomojis are most commonly used as emoticons or emojis in Japan.
Kawaii(Japanese: かわいい or 可愛い, [kawaiꜜi]; "cute" or "adorable") is a Japanese cultural phenomenon which emphasizes cuteness, childlike innocence, charm, and simplicity. Kawaii culture began to flourish in the 1970s, driven by youth culture and the rise of cute characters in manga and anime (comics and animation) and merchandise ...
List of emoticons. A simple smiley. This is a list of emoticons or textual portrayals of a writer's moods or facial expressions in the form of icons. Originally, these icons consisted of ASCII art, and later, Shift JIS art and Unicode art. In recent times, graphical icons, both static and animated, have joined the traditional text-based ...
Henohenomoheji. Appearance. Henohenomoheji. Henohenomoheji (Japanese: へのへのもへじHEH-noh-HEH-noh-moh-HEH-jee) or hehenonomoheji (へへののもへじ) is a face known to be drawn by Japanese schoolchildren using hiragana characters. [ 1 ] It became a popular drawing during the Edo period.
uwu. Stylized uwu emoticon as a blushing face. uwu (/ ˈuːwuː / ⓘ), also stylized UwU, is an emoticon representing a cute face. The u characters represent closed eyes, while the w represents a cat mouth. [1][2] It is used to express various warm, happy, or affectionate feelings.
Manga iconography. Japanese manga has developed a visual language or iconography for expressing emotion and other internal character states. This drawing style has also migrated into anime, as many manga stories are adapted into television shows and films. In manga the emphasis is often placed on line over form, and the storytelling and panel ...
Leo. Kinako (soybean flour) Kurumi (walnut) Chobi. Haru (spring) Miruku (milk) Minto (mint) Yuki (snow) Though the Iris News survey was taken several years ago, a lot of these cat names are still ...
t. e. Tsu (hiragana: つ, katakana: ツ) is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are phonemically /tɯ/, reflected in the Nihon-shiki and Kunrei-shiki Romanization tu, although for phonological reasons, the actual pronunciation is [t͡sɯᵝ] ⓘ, reflected in the Hepburn romanization tsu. The small kana っ/ッ ...