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Emoji is the new black: Could emoji fashion be the next “kawaii” trend?
Recently, with elements of the Japanese language and its culture starting to be adopted by people in countries the world over, we hear the word “emoji” being used incredibly often overseas. In fact,...
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Oxford Dictionaries picks single emoji as Word of the Year, seemingly forgets...
Oxford Dictionaries, the online arm of the publisher of the Oxford Dictionary of English, has announced that its 2015 Word of the Year is an emoji. No, not the word “emoji,” but a single, specific...
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Japanese man shares photo of near-perfect ‘poop emoji’ in hand cream, Twitter...
When Japanese Twitter user @nasuiro posted this picture of a blob of hand cream last week, he probably had no idea that it would end up being retweeted over 41,000 times…...
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Japan’s net users are confused and creeped out by Skype’s new “dancing...
Japanese netizens are both creeped out and confused by this new Thanksgiving/Christmas emoji from Skype. If you had any doubts about the prevalence of emoji in global communication tool, this winning...
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What are Facebook’s five new “reactions” called in Japan?
In Japan, you don’t “like” something on Facebook, you “ii ne” it. But what about the five other “reactions” that Facebook has just added? When you’re trying to learn a new language, people often tell...
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A brief history of emoji, language standards, and why you can text piles of...
You likely know that emoji originated in Japan, but do you know how they ended up basically everywhere in the world? Emoji are perhaps one of the greatest “accidents” of contemporary technology. Now,...
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Here’s how to draw ice cream without it looking like the manga poop emoji
Dessert, not defecation. Until I was in the fourth grade, I had no idea that Japanese illustrated poo was different from American illustrated poo. Then I went over to the house of a friend who was...
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Japan would like to remind you that “emoji” has nothing to do with “emotion”
Common sense might lead you to believe that “emoji” is simply a variation of “emoticon,” but Japanese common sense tells a whole different story. We all know emoji as those convenient little pictures...
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Newest Japanese Twitter craze has users guessing movies using only emoji as...
A picture is worth a thousand words, but only if you can guess it right. It wasn’t too long ago that Japanese social media was alight with crazy fads like sticking burgers through soft drink straws,...
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In Part 1 of this article, we learned some fun facts about three iconic foods so beloved by the Japanese that they, yup, became icons—how an old lady and a samurai gave birth to the first rice cracker;...
View ArticleWhat’s the real meaning of Japan’s “burning tofu” emoji?
It’s not fire, and it’s not food, but every Japanese person immediately understands the symbol that has the rest of the world scratching their heads. One of the amazing things about language is how it...
View ArticlePoop ice cream drops in Tokyo’s trendy Harajuku neighborhood
Unchi-kun looks the part, thankfully tastes like something else entirely. If you’ve seen much Japanese pop art, watched some cruder anime, or simple looked through the originated-in-Japan emoji on your...
View ArticleCardcaptor Sakura gets a special limited-time Twitter emoji to celebrate...
The beloved anime magical girl is helping flowers bloom on social media. As the star of Cardcaptor Sakura, Sakura Kinomoto has had her own manga and anime. Now she’s moved into yet another medium,...
View ArticleJapan’s 10 favorite emoji for Twitter, and how they compare to the rest of...
Only three emoji make both lists. What with being the country that came up with the word “emoji” and all (which, by the way, has nothing to do with “emotion”), it’s no surprise that Japan remains among...
View ArticleJapanese survey finds top 10 emoji that “make you look like an old man”
ಠ_ಠ As I climb the ladder in years, I do find myself losing touch with the younger generation. Slice-of-life anime just doesn’t do it for me like giant robots used to, and I can’t fathom the appeal of...
View ArticleKeyboard app shares most common emoji by country, Japan’s are completely...
A case of cultural differences or linguistic ones? If you would allow us a moment to push up the glasses on the bridge of our nose and pretentiously raise a finger in the air, we would like to remind...
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Hidden smartphone feature reveals a strange Japanese emoticon
Typing this Japanese word into your iPhone or Android device will introduce you to some very unusual characters. With so many people owning smartphones these days you’d think the most tech-savvy of us...
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The emoji you send actually say a lot about you
Sometimes words just aren’t enough to convey what you have to say. People tend to use emoji in both normal and unorthodox ways, and the emoji you use actually says a lot about you. Enter...
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What’s that emoji? Let’s take a look at Japanese culture with these texting...
LINE is a free instant-messaging and voice-call application that’s almost a necessity in Asia; for many, it’s cheaper than texting through their mobile plan, and the app’s astounding collection of...
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World’s most popular emoji ranking shows something missing from Japan’s top...
Multi-country study has one element in every nation’s top five emoji, but not Japan’s. In Japan, yearly observances such as Wagashi Day, Good Bath Day, and Boobs Day are always a source of fun for...
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