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Japanese survey finds top 10 emoji that "make you look like an old man"
Original source: soranews24.com
Bear in mind that these are the types of emoji often used in Japanese texting which usually depict a face between two parenthesis making up the head, such as: ( •_•).
So without further ado, here are the top ten old-guy-est emoji listed with their basic Japanese and English meanings.
9m( )mMeaning (JP/ENG): Gomen / I’m sorry#8(^o^)Meaning (JP/ENG): Niko / Smile#7＼(^o^)／Meaning (JP/ENG): Owatta!
“ヽ(￣д￣;)ノ=3=3=3”“Well, I am an old guy, so I can use them.”“Great, so I can keep using (^^) and (≧∀≦) then?”“(◉◞౪◟◉｀)”“(´・ω・`)え～”“I agree.
In fact, in addition to conducting surveys such as this, Simeji is also announcing their new line of “old guy” stamps for the messaging app Line.