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Therefore, unlike Western emoticons where most attention is paid to mouth, in Japanese emoticons the most important part are eyes. Japanese believe that eyes are the mirror of a human soul.
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Therefore, in Japan emoticons are popular as nowhere in the world. Japanese are very emotional and creative nation. This concept is formed by the combination of two words in Kanji, “kao” (顔 – “face”) and “moji” (文字 – “character”).
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The word kaomoji is also synonymous to be referred to as Japanese emoticons. Kaomoji (顔文字) is a popular Japanese emoticon style made up of Japanese characters and grammar punctuations, and are used to express emotion in texting and cyber communication.