Все смайлики обычно делятся по группам: приветствие, радость, злость, бытовая жизнь, животные и т.д. Хотя я иногда использую смайлики не из той группы, если на них четко не написано, что они значат, а рожица мне нравится, или если мой собеседник не знает японского. Он скорее воспримет общий образ от смайлика.

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The Smileys - Emoticons are used very often in the sentences of e-mails. They started in USA where the internet had also started of course. In Japan, the Smileys - Emoticons grew in different manner from U.S.A. Now, there are several kinds of them.

Apparently, Japanese Smileys - Emoticons are read vertically whilewestern Smileys - Emoticons are read hosizontally. And Japanese Smileys have more variation than eastern ons. I think the reason is that while American - alphabet letters in computer are 1 byte, Japanese letters in computer are 2 bytes, so Japanese letters can have more characters. And also, Japanese sentences contain Chinese characters which are phonograms, so it is easier to express and recognize something graphic with letters for Japanese people.

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