very useful modality 'acts like', pretends, imitates
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Saturday, March 22, 2014
1F38F (carp streamer)
wiki
Children's Day (formerly Boy's Day), May 5
sticky rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves, and other sweets
kite-like?
Children's Day (formerly Boy's Day), May 5
sticky rice cakes wrapped in oak leaves, and other sweets
kite-like?
1F38D (pine decoration)
wiki
respectful and welcoming
"A Japanese pine decoration, called a kadomatsu, is placed in Japanese homes, traditionally in the door way, during the period around New Years. A welcoming sign to ancestral spirits. A blessing for a plentiful agricultural harvest. Traditionally a respectful and welcoming emoji. A symbol of good luck and fortune. Sometimes the cultural significance of this emoji is disregarded and is instead used for its likeness to a middle finger hand gesture. Raising a middle finger at someone (flipping them off) is a sign of extreme disrespect." [cite]
respectful and welcoming
"A Japanese pine decoration, called a kadomatsu, is placed in Japanese homes, traditionally in the door way, during the period around New Years. A welcoming sign to ancestral spirits. A blessing for a plentiful agricultural harvest. Traditionally a respectful and welcoming emoji. A symbol of good luck and fortune. Sometimes the cultural significance of this emoji is disregarded and is instead used for its likeness to a middle finger hand gesture. Raising a middle finger at someone (flipping them off) is a sign of extreme disrespect." [cite]
1F38C (crossed flags)
wiki
two Japanese flags (red sun on white field, rising opposite China)
crossed flags = halfway point of race?
friendship of different countries (so here, self-friendship? selfie???)
Corvette logo
two Japanese flags (red sun on white field, rising opposite China)
friendship of different countries (so here, self-friendship? selfie???)
Corvette logo
1F38B (Tanabata tree)
wiki
festival
July 7
year 755
traditionally, girls wished for better sewing and craftsmanship, and boys wished for better handwriting by writing wishes on strips of paper
based on married lovers only allowed to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month if she worked hard and finished her weaving
cf Mardi Gras?
festival
July 7
year 755
traditionally, girls wished for better sewing and craftsmanship, and boys wished for better handwriting by writing wishes on strips of paper
based on married lovers only allowed to meet on the 7th day of the 7th month if she worked hard and finished her weaving
cf Mardi Gras?
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Saturday, March 15, 2014
1F365 (fish cake with swirl design)
wiki
a topping for ramen noodles
"like a log of fish that you slice thinly... not as chewy as Kamaboko... more fishy flavor"
the spiral represents a whirlpool, and gives its nickname to a manga hero, and also the '@' sign
a topping for ramen noodles
"like a log of fish that you slice thinly... not as chewy as Kamaboko... more fishy flavor"
the spiral represents a whirlpool, and gives its nickname to a manga hero, and also the '@' sign
1F362 (oden)
wiki
hot winter dish
eggs, tofu, fishcakes, radish, yam
sometimes on a skewer
skewers are rarely depicted?
hot winter dish
eggs, tofu, fishcakes, radish, yam
sometimes on a skewer
skewers are rarely depicted?
Tuesday, March 11, 2014
1F30C (Milky Way)
wiki
the biggest size (and oldest) emoji depicted
weirdly, most often an external view with us deep within it
all forms are ambiguous/ unsatisfactory
cf night with stars, cityscape at dusk, bridge at night
the biggest size (and oldest) emoji depicted
weirdly, most often an external view with us deep within it
all forms are ambiguous/ unsatisfactory
cf night with stars, cityscape at dusk, bridge at night
1F30B (volcano)
wiki
Mount Fuji is a volcano due for eruption
since the plot device is already overused, symbolic meanings seem more useful-- person ready to explode, pot overflowing
Mount Fuji is a volcano due for eruption
since the plot device is already overused, symbolic meanings seem more useful-- person ready to explode, pot overflowing
1F309 (bridge at night)
distinctly a suspension bridge [wiki]
possibly Tokyo's Rainbow Bridge (1993) or Japan's Pearl Bridge (1998)
NYC's Brooklyn Bridge (1883) or San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge (1937)
1F308 (rainbow)
symbolically tolerance of diversity
(are those supposed to be clouds below, or land?)
the artist's palette emoji also suggests a range/choice of colors
folklore imagines a pot of gold
Judy Garland imagined heaven/utopia
real rainbows always have the red on the outside (and the sky is usually much darker outside the rainbow than inside it)
Monday, March 10, 2014
1F304 (sunrise over mountains)
is it just Japan that assumes mountains (or sea?) are in the east and cities are in the west??
in any case, the sunsets can't be reliably distinguished globally, although some have a slightly darker sky
1F303 (night with stars)
dark-sky versions make the cityscape very hard to see, light-sky versions are confusing so a crescent moon is added
cf cityscape at dusk
foggy (may have cityscape)
sunset over buildings
bridge at night
milky way
sunrise over mountains
sunrise
Mount Fuji
volcano
office building
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