PRIMER: Japanese Slang
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(Last Updated: Feb 08 2010)
GJ - Good Job!
otsu / 乙 - A rather more formal Good Job!, i.e. 'Thank you very much for the hard work' or similar.
wwwwww - Laughter.
2828 - Grinning or smiling - less laughter and more 'yesssss' than www.
4649 - yoroshiku, 'pleased to meet you'.
ktkr - kitakore, 'It's here!' or 'It's arrived!'; think of it as kind of reverent, 'the time is now!!' sort of stuff.
(ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!) - kita!!, a more excited version of ktkr.
wktk - wakuteka, excitement or eager anticipation.
dkdk - dokidoki, excitement with a side order of crushing.
kwsk / くわしく - 'MOAR!'
zawa / ... ざわ... - the anxious pause before something shocking
(ry - ryaku, used to denote cutting short an obvious, comedic or meme reply. e.g. 'Ceiling Cat is(ry'.
orz / OTL / any number of variations - despair (it's a guy slumped on all fours)
sage / age - (set) a good example, for indicating condemnation or support respectively.
うｐ - 'upload'.
p - 'producer'.
しょくにん / shokunin - 'craftsman', usually used as an exclamation when something is particularly well-made.
神 / kami - 'god', similarly to 'craftsman'.
(Last Updated: Feb 08 2010)
GJ - Good Job!
otsu / 乙 - A rather more formal Good Job!, i.e. 'Thank you very much for the hard work' or similar.
wwwwww - Laughter.
2828 - Grinning or smiling - less laughter and more 'yesssss' than www.
4649 - yoroshiku, 'pleased to meet you'.
ktkr - kitakore, 'It's here!' or 'It's arrived!'; think of it as kind of reverent, 'the time is now!!' sort of stuff.
(ｷﾀ━━━━━━(ﾟ∀ﾟ)━━━━━━ !!!!!) - kita!!, a more excited version of ktkr.
wktk - wakuteka, excitement or eager anticipation.
dkdk - dokidoki, excitement with a side order of crushing.
kwsk / くわしく - 'MOAR!'
zawa / ... ざわ... - the anxious pause before something shocking
(ry - ryaku, used to denote cutting short an obvious, comedic or meme reply. e.g. 'Ceiling Cat is(ry'.
orz / OTL / any number of variations - despair (it's a guy slumped on all fours)
sage / age - (set) a good example, for indicating condemnation or support respectively.
うｐ - 'upload'.
p - 'producer'.
しょくにん / shokunin - 'craftsman', usually used as an exclamation when something is particularly well-made.
神 / kami - 'god', similarly to 'craftsman'.