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andycarmenjapanese8100
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SMS messages

Postby andycarmenjapanese8100 » May 13th, 2013 9:37 pm

When a Japanese girl puts a * in an SMS message, is it a kiss? Or something else? What does it mean?
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Re: SMS messages

Postby community.japanese » May 14th, 2013 9:43 am

Andy-san,
I'm not too sure; usually with ":", it becomes a kiss mark, but I've never heard of * meaning a kiss, nor any meanings... :?

Natsuko(奈津子),
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Re: SMS messages

Postby andycarmenjapanese8100 » May 14th, 2013 8:51 pm

I got an answer today. They're flower stamps.

:flower:

^ like these, I guess.
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Re: SMS messages

Postby team.relationships » May 22nd, 2013 12:53 am

Hello andycarmenjapanese8100,

That's an interesting interpretation :flower: :flower: I think it may be right :mrgreen:

Cheers,
Neha
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