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Kaomoji and Emoji for Valentines Day

February 8, 2014 By Peter 4 Comments

Valentines Day is almost here and whether you love this day or hate it there are Japanese emoticons for you. This is actually an event where we have a ton of appropriate emoticons in our Love, Kissing and Hugging categories. I’m not going to bother posting them all again here but I am going to point out my favourites. If you’re excited for Valentines day and you’re looking for some excellent kaomojis to text to your significant other, here are some of my favourites: ( ´͈ ॢꇴ `͈ॢ)･*♡ (๑ˊ͈ ॢꇴ ˋ͈)〜♡॰ॱ I love how expressive the face on both these emoticons are. (人-ω-)｡o.ﾟ｡*･♡Good Night♡･*｡ﾟo｡(-ω-人) This is a very sweet emoticon to text your significant other before you fall asleep if you’re apart. *ଘ( ॢᵕ꒶̮ᵕ(꒡ᵋ ꒡ღ)zZ‥ Here’s another sweet emoticon kissing someone who’s asleep. (づ￣ ³￣)づ This is always an excellent kissing/hugging/glomping emoticon appropriate for almost any situation. (ʃƪ ˘ ³˘) This is another really cute and sweet looking kissing emoticon. Shy emoticons also work great for Valentines Day if you like someone and you’re really shy. Now if you’re not looking forward to Valentines Day and all the commercialism and what not there are some excellent kaomoji that you can use too, especially when those couples you know post all kinds of Valentines Day nonsense on their Facebook pages. (∿°○°)∿ ︵ ǝʌol (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡︵ ǝʌol (╯°□°）╯︵ ǝʌol (╯°Д°）╯︵ ǝʌol These are all variations of the table flipping emoticon but they’re perfect if you’ve had it with “love”. ( ◜◡＾)っ✂╰⋃╯ If there’s a male you’re particularly angry with then this emoticon is quite appropriate. Any emoticon from the angry category also work perfectly when people won’t shut up about Valentines Day. There’s also actually a bunch of Valentines Day emoji as well.

From left to right in the top row you have: a church for a wedding, a love hotel, some chocolate since in Japan on Valentines Day girls give chocolates to guys they like, a wrapped heart sort of gift, a guy and girl holding hands, two guys holding hands, two girls holding hands, a kiss, a couple and two bunny girls (because why not?) From left to right in the middle row you have: a guy bowing in apology because he screwed up and didn’t get a Valentines gift for his girl, several different colours of hears, a broken heart, a growing heart, a beating heart and two hearts. On the bottom row from left tonight you have: a sparkling heart, revolving hearts, a heart pierced by an arrow, a low note, a kiss/lipstick mark, an engagement ring, a diamond and a glass of wine.

Japanese Emoticons version 2.0 for iOS is now available!

December 25, 2013 By Peter 14 Comments

The latest version of our iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch app was approved late last night and is now available for download in the iTunes app store! This new version features a brand new design for iOS7 plus all the emoticons currently on this site are now in the app. In total we added about 1,500 new emoticons and 23 new categories to the app. We also fixed a few bugs so the app should run a lot smoother now. So if you haven’t downloaded the app yet head on over to the iTunes store and download it now! One word of warning to the people who are updating though, we had to completely redo the database of emoticons so when you update you will lose everything that’s currently saved in your favourites menu. Because of the fixes we made to the app though, this won’t happen again in future updates and we’re sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.

What about Android?

I’m pleased to announce that work has started on the Android version of the app. Not a lot is happening right now because of the holidays but stay tuned because an Android version of the new updated version of the app is in progress and should be out in a few weeks!

Other app news

We’re also in the progress of releasing a free ad-supported sort of demo version of both the iOS and Android versions of the app. This won’t have the full emoticon collection but it will give you the opportunity to test it out the app before buying it. The free iOS version will most likely be out before the Android version as it’s not going to require nearly as much work. And that’s it for news. Look forward to the Android version soon and have a safe and happy holidays everyone!

Christmas Japanese Emoticons, both Kaomoji and Emoji

December 14, 2013 By Peter 5 Comments

The holidays are pretty much here so here’s a list of Christmas themed Japanese emoticons, both kaomoji and emoji! Not all of these Christmas kaomoji emoticons have been officially added to the site but they’ll be up on the holiday page soon.

Kaomoji Emoticons

First up, a bunch of kaomoji snowmen:

ᒄ₍⁽ˆ⁰ˆ⁾₎ᒃ♪♬	⁝⁝⸃₍⁽΄˙̥΄ ⁾₎⸜☂	℺ຶཽྈ”
₍⁽⸜⁰⁻⁰⁾₎⸜))	⁷₍⁽՚ᵕ՝⁾₎₇	◟₍⁽⁰꒫⁰⁾₎◞❢
꜂₍⁽ˆ⁰ˆ⁾₎꜄	☃	⁄⁄ ⁄‹₍⁽⁰⁻⁰⁺⁾₎◟⁄⁄ ⁄⁄⁄
⋆ᗰદ૨૨ʏ⋆ᐠ₍⁽˚⑅̆˚⁾₎ᐟ⋆ᘓમ૨ıડτന੨ડ⋆

Next here’s a bunch of people, couples and even a dinosaur in the snow:

(ㆆᴗㆆ)✲ﾟ｡⋆	⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛͛ ͙͛(๑•﹏•)⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛͛ ͙͛	❄∘⁖⁎⋆ᶿ̴̤᷇ ˒̫ ᶿ̴̤᷆⋆ᶿ̤᷇ ˓̫ ᶿ̤᷆⋆✶⁎∘❄
* . ` ✧♡ᑕू∙ો ੍✧ ✶ .	ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧₊˚	｡ﾟ✲☆(๑òᆺó๑)｡ﾟ✲☆

Here is a series of kaomoji giving Christmas gifts:

ʕ”̮ुॽु✚⃞ྉ✲ﾟ｡⋆	ʕ”̮ुॽु✚⃞ྉ	ʕ•̫͡•ॽु✚⃞ྉ✲ﾟ｡⋆
(◞ꈍ∇ꈍ)◞⋆**✚⃞ྉ	✚⃞ ⸌̷̻( ᷇ॢ〰ॢ ᷆◍)⸌̷̻

And here are some nice peaceful winter or Christmas scenes, decorations and words:

～ΜᎧrRγ сняᎥᎦτмᏜs*～	༶･･ᗰદ૨૨ʏ ᘓમ૨ıડτന੨ડ･･༶	✩⋆ ⍋☪⋆⍋⋆*✩
·͙⁺˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚⁺‧͙⁺˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚⁺‧͙⁺˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚⁺‧͙	̣̥☆·͙̥‧❄‧̩̥·‧•̥̩̥͙‧·‧̩̥˟͙☃˟͙‧̩̥·‧•̥̩̥͙‧·‧̩̥❄‧·͙̥̣☆̣̥

And if you want to go outside and play in the snow after opening your presents on Christmas morning then here are some kaomoji emoticons throwing snowballs:

˭̡̞(◞⁎˃ᆺ˂)◞₎₎=͟͟͞͞˳˚॰°ₒ৹๐

(╬ᇂ..ᇂ)o彡°

Emoji Emoticons

If you’re looking for Christmas emoji there are only really 3 of them, a santa, a Christmas tree and a snowman.

For instructions on how to use emoji emoticons please see this page about emoji.

Other items, news and whatnot

So that’s it for Christmas Japanese emoticons. If anyone knows of any more kaomoji that they’d like to share please post them in the comments and I’ll get them added to the site. Have a safe and awesome holiday season everyone and watch for exciting iOS and Android app related news over the next couple of weeks!

Emoji, Kaomoji and Japanese Emoticons, What’s the Difference Anyway?

November 23, 2013 By Peter 5 Comments

When people talk about Japanese emoticons they usually use words like kaomoji, emoji or just Japanese emoticons to describe them but what’s the difference and what do these words mean? “Japanese Emoticons” is a pretty broad term and doesn’t really mean anything. Both kaomoji and emoji are Japanese emoticons since they’re both different types of emoticons that came from Japan.

Emoji

Emoji are small 12×12 pixel pictures that are used in messages in Japan. Many Japanese phones and software have emoji built into them. They were invented in 1998 or 1999 (Wikipedia isn’t sure of the exact date… >_>) by Shigetaka Kurita. The word emoji literally means “picture letter”. Emoji have been standardized across all devices and some have even been incorporated into Unicode and can be used in places that don’t technically support emoji. Because of the Unicode standardization it’s possible to use them on iPhones or other cellphones that don’t have a Japanese carrier. You can even find emoji built into systems such as Gmail and even Apple’s Mac OSX operating system. Emoji are very Japanese, you’ll find emoticons for Japanese foods like dango, onigiri, curry or cultural things such as a traditional looking Japanese couple or a guy bowing in apology. Here’s a screenshot of all the default emoji emoticons:

Kaomoji

Kaomoji on the other hand is probably what most people think of when they hear Japanese emoticons. Kaomoji are the emoticons created using Japanese and other 2-byte characters that English keyboards don’t easily have access to. Kaomoji literally means “face mark” and are purely made out of text characters albeit fancier text characters than we can really type with an English keyboard. The emoticons that you’ll find on this website and app are all kaomoji emoticons.

Gettin’ Crazy! ＼(☆o◎)／

Now if you really want to get crazy and you’re on a device that supports both text and emoji you can combine kaomoji emoticons with emoji emoticons to make some somewhat cool looking emoticons like these:

This website apparently doesn’t support emoji so I had to screenshot those emoticons… I don’t really seem to be overly creative right now either so those examples kind of suck. And now you know the difference between emoji and kaomoji Japanese emoticons!

Japanese Movember Emoticons

November 9, 2013 By Peter 1 Comment

Movember, which takes place during the month of November is when people from all over the world band together and raise money and awareness for men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer and testicular cancer. Men grow a “Mo” which is slang for moustache for 30 days to become walking and talking advertisements for men’s health causes. Men who support Movember are known as Mo Bros. They start the month clean shaven and grow and groom their moustache throughout the month raising money along the way. Women can also participate in Movember as Mo Sistas and help raise awareness as well. So this month, in order to show support for Movember you can use some of the moustache emoticons from this website and even make up some of your own. You can easily add ┏ and ┓ to the sides of the mouth of any other Japanese emoticon in order to give it sort of a droopy looking moustache. There are also other types of moustaches you can see in emoticons like ( ˇ෴ˇ ) or (•̴̑⁎̵̭•̴̆). If you’d like to register for Movember and get more involved you can visit Movember.com and if any of you create any really awesome Japanese emoticons with moustaches please share them in the comments. I’ll get them added to the site and other people can use them as well.

(ㆆᴗㆆ)✲ﾟ｡⋆	⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛͛ ͙͛(๑•﹏•)⋆͛͛ ͙͛ ⁑͛⋆͛͛ ͙͛	❄∘⁖⁎⋆ᶿ̴̤᷇ ˒̫ ᶿ̴̤᷆⋆ᶿ̤᷇ ˓̫ ᶿ̤᷆⋆✶⁎∘❄
* . ` ✧♡ᑕू∙ો ੍✧ ✶ .	ଘ(੭ˊᵕˋ)੭* ੈ✩‧₊˚	｡ﾟ✲☆(๑òᆺó๑)｡ﾟ✲☆

～ΜᎧrRγ сняᎥᎦτмᏜs*～	༶･･ᗰદ૨૨ʏ ᘓમ૨ıડτന੨ડ･･༶	✩⋆ ⍋☪⋆⍋⋆*✩
·͙⁺˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚⁺‧͙⁺˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚⁺‧͙⁺˚•̩̩͙✩•̩̩͙˚⁺‧͙	̣̥☆·͙̥‧❄‧̩̥·‧•̥̩̥͙‧·‧̩̥˟͙☃˟͙‧̩̥·‧•̥̩̥͙‧·‧̩̥❄‧·͙̥̣☆̣̥