Comments on: Short guide to Japanese emoticons http://japanite.com/short-guide-to-japanese-emoticons/ Offbeat News and Weird Ideas from Japan Wed, 11 Apr 2012 19:00:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: kaonashi http://japanite.com/short-guide-to-japanese-emoticons/comment-page-1/#comment-473 kaonashi Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:01:36 +0000 http://japanite.com/short-guide-to-japanese-emoticons/#comment-473 isn't m(_ _)m someone bowing low, instead of "nodding"? isn’t m(_ _)m someone bowing low, instead of “nodding”?

]]> By: Realitybytes http://japanite.com/short-guide-to-japanese-emoticons/comment-page-1/#comment-472 Realitybytes Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:14:46 +0000 http://japanite.com/short-guide-to-japanese-emoticons/#comment-472 I would suggest >_< means "komateru" or troubled/vexed. Possibly "oh no", or "good grief". Or even "sigh". It suggests the sender has something they have to cope with. I would suggest

>_<

means "komateru" or troubled/vexed. Possibly "oh no", or "good grief". Or even "sigh". It suggests the sender has something they have to cope with.

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