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二〇〇七年七月二三日

nisenshichi nen shichigatsu nijūsannichi

positional notation
positional notation#English

Used to write zero in kanji positional notation.


セッ○ス

創○○会

Micr○soft

ち○ぽ

ま○ち

prick………チ○ポコ
prickhead………バカ野郎

2004, 榎本年弥, 旅の指さし会話帳7 オーストラリア: オーストラリア英語, Joho Center Publishing, →ISBN, page 122:

dickheadと同じく、「チン○コ頭」の意味。

Used to censor or obscure individual characters.


圣

(Kumamoto, in parking spaces) abbreviation of 軽, referring to 軽自動車 (kei-jidōsha, “light vehicle”).


於

於：会議室

at; sometimes appears on signage to designate the location or time of an event, preposed as in classical Chinese (but in contravention to Japanese word order).


つ

suffixed to Japanese numerals hito-, futa-, mi-, ... , kokono-, used to count almost anything


head

№ • (ナンバー, nanbā)

Abbreviation of French numéro, from Latin numerō (ablative of numerus).

der

ablative of <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">numerus</i>


batsu (romanization)
peke (romanization)


(computing) The symbol used as a separator between a username and a domain name in an e-mail address.


Chinese: ♂ (online slang)

For sense 2, associated with the Yaranaika and Gachimuchi memes at Niconico Douga, as it was originally added after sexual moaning.


(informal) alternative form of イコール (ikōru, “equals, is equal to”)


Literally 三角(さんかく) (sankaku, literally “three angles”), referring to the shape of a triangle. Most likely coined by analogy with ○.

ja-r

(accounting) minus, equivalent of parentheses in English


Symbolization of Katakana テ (te), first letter of 逓(てい)信(しん)省(しょう) (teishinshō, “Ministry of Communication”).

郵便番号

郵便番号 ゆうびんばんごう

The postal mark (郵(ゆう)便(びん)マーク (yūbin māku)), written before Japanese postal codes.


(music and print publications) Indicating the first date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system.


(music and print publications) Indicating the last date at which the item must be sold at a fixed price under saihan seido, Japan's resale price maintenance system.


Act on Product Safety of Electrical Appliances and Materials

Postal mark (〒) in an enclosing circle. Jurisdiction over the electrical power industry was at one point in history held by the Ministry of Communications, which also operated the postal system.

Certification symbol for a Category B electrical appliance.


Literally 二重丸(にじゅうまる) (nijūmaru, literally “two times circle”); a doubling of ○ for emphasis.

This use may be formatted with a heavy outer ring:

(cartography) city hall or other municipal building


〆

Chinese: 𡆢 (qiú)

A 国字 (kokuji, “Japanese-coined character”). From 占める (shimeru), as cursive form of top component ト (also 〆). Then applied to other kanji of the same pronunciation, namely 締め, 閉め, 絞め, and 搾め, all pronounced しめ shime. Sense of “closed, fastened” is due to 閉める (shimeru, “to close”) and 締める (shimeru, “to fasten”).

ヽ 〱 ()

iteration mark for katakana; iteration mark for multiple kana


(slang) Used to denote an unusually low intonation.


先負, the third day of the 六曜 (rokuyō) calendar. Bad luck before noon, good luck after.


(slang) Used to denote an unusually high intonation.


Indicates where the reader is on a map. (ココ or ここ means "here")


vacancy (unoccupied position, available room)


＼(^o^)／

Originates from the 2channel phrase 人生ｵﾜﾀ＼(^o^)／ (jinsei owata ＼(o)／ (＼(O)／), “my life is over ＼(o)／ (＼(O)／)”).

(dated) An emoticon representing banzai; long live.

昨日首になった＼(^o^)／

(sarcastic) An emoticon representing hopelessness and despair. FML. 🙃. It's so over.


(´・ω・`)

´・ω・` (alternative)
(´・ω・｀) (alternative)
(´･ω･`) (alternative)
（´・ω・｀） (alternative)

An emoticon representing downheartedness.


先勝, the first day of the 六曜 (rokuyō) calendar. Good luck before noon, bad luck after.


m(`lowbar``lowbar`)m

mm (canonical)
m(_ _)m (alternative)
<(_ _)> (alternative)
[[#Japanese|]] (alternative)

Symbolic: the two "m"s are the person's hands' fists, and the middle element is their bowed head.

An emoticon representing a person bowing in apology; a dogeza.


⑨

The number 9 enclosed in a circle, used in enumerating lists.


Used in Japanese dictionaries to indicate that the kanji to the left is not part of the jōyō kanji list.


Used in Japanese dictionaries to indicate that the kanji to the left is part of the jōyō kanji list but is read irregularly.


ノシ

(Internet slang) Representing an arm waving goodbye. see you later!


(billing) service, used to indicate service charge


abbreviation of 無料 (muryō, “free of charge”)


abbreviation of 有料 (yūryō, “payable, not free of charge”)


monthly amount payable (salary, rental etc.)


Symbol for 有限会社 (yūgen-gaisha, “limited corporation”).


Postal mark (〒) in an enclosing triangle. Jurisdiction over the electrical power industry was at one point in history held by the Ministry of Communications, which also operated the postal system.

Certification symbol for a Category A electrical appliance.


☆彡

(informal) Depiction of a shooting star.


仏滅, the fourth day of the 六曜 (rokuyō) calendar. Bad luck.