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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.


ほにゃらら

a possible pronunciation for a blanked-out word, such as in ○○が好き above

○○が好き
______ ga suki
to like ______

Used to indicate a space to be filled in.

セッ○ス
sekkusu
s*x (sex)

創○○会
Sōka Gakkai
S*k* Gak*i (Soka Gakkai)

Micr○soft
Micr*soft

ち○ぽ
chi*po
d**k

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

Probably from kaomoji such as (´･ω･)つ旦, which represents serving tea.

(Internet slang) Representing a hand handing something over.


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.

cosMo@暴走P

てさぐれ！部活もの
ドンチキ田中@イケメン大好き
Donchiki Tanaka@Ikemen daisuki
Donchiki Tanaka@I Love Hot Men

(Internet slang) used to attach a qualifier to someone's name


Chinese: ♂ (online slang)

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

哲♂学 (tetsugaku; "philosophy", a humorous and misleading tag in Nico Nico Douga to trick viewers into watching Gachimuchi wrestling videos)

アーッ！♂ ("aaa!", sexual moaning turned into an Internet meme)

(Internet slang, humorous) Added between two characters of a word or after a word to indicate its relation to homosexuality. It is also added to indicate a word's relation to sex.


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.

(map symbol) A symbol denoting a post office.


(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.


(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.


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


OV

unit of basal body temperature, 0 being 35.5 °C and 50 being 38 °C, used for fertility awareness


Variant form of 〶, incorporating the shape of a face.


(slang) Used to denote an unusually low intonation.


(slang) Used to denote an unusually high intonation.


vacancy (unoccupied position, available room)


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


＼(^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・`)

An emoticon representing downheartedness.


m(`lowbar``lowbar`)m

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!


monthly amount payable (salary, rental etc.)


Abbreviation of 無料 (muryō, “free of charge”).


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


(billing) service, used to indicate service charge


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.