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    Japanese Emoticon: Kaomoji

     

    There are a lot of ways to tell others how you feel and enhance the communication around us, but one of the methods for doing this is the use of Kaomoji. By just granting your phone access to Kaomoj, the relationship with your friends and family will start to make all the difference ╰(▔∀▔)╯.

                                 What is Kaomoji?
    ∧_∧::     ̄∨ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄
    (´・ω・`)::
    /⌒  ⌒)::
    / へ__/ /::
    (_\\ミ)/::
    | `-イ::
    / y  )::
    // /::

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