Why do Japanese say WWWW?

The use of wwww to represent laughing comes from the Japanese wara (笑), “to laugh.” With the rise of text-messaging and the internet in the 1990s–2000s, Japanese users adapted the kanji 笑 to denote laughter, similar to LOL. People eventually found it easier, though, to use the letter w, from the romaji of 笑, wara.
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What does W mean in anime?

In Japanese, W means "double," daburu ダブル, when used as a prefix, e.g. a daburu deeto W ダブル デート means a "double date." This happens because W is pronounced as "double u," daburyuu ダブリュー, which sounds like double.
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What is laughing in Japanese?

'To laugh' in Japanese is written as '笑う'(kana: わらう; romanisation: warau). Since the word begins with a 'w', Japanese netizens use 'www' to represent laughter - same as 'lol' in English language. Later they found funny that the shape of letter w resembles a cluster of grass. Therefore, '草'(grass) is used to mean 'lol'.
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Why does KUSA mean laugh?

When many w are placed together (www), it resembles blades of grass. From this viewpoint, kusa (草), which means grass in Japanese, has also come to mean great laughter around the Japanese internet. Kusa symbols can often be seen racing through chatboxes during live streams when something comical is happening.
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Do Japanese people say lol?

笑 (wara) is the equivalent of 'lol' in Japanese.

The character for wara 笑 (also pronounced emi) is sometimes put in brackets like this (笑) which is read as kakko wara. To write 'lol' in Japanese, you can put kakko wara (笑) or just wara 笑 at the end of a sentence when you want to show amusement: 猫がグデグデしてるね(笑)!
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Is www laughing in Japanese?

The use of wwww to represent laughing comes from the Japanese wara (笑), “to laugh.” With the rise of text-messaging and the internet in the 1990s–2000s, Japanese users adapted the kanji 笑 to denote laughter, similar to LOL. People eventually found it easier, though, to use the letter w, from the romaji of 笑, wara.
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How do you say PP in Japanese?

polypropylene; PP ➜ ポリプロピレン
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Why does grass mean lol in Japanese?

I was casually hanging out in japanese twitchtv channel, people were spamming 草, apparently it means "lol" because "wwwww" looks like grass. "wwwww" is their way of laughing, because "warau" means to laugh in japanese.
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What does Vio mean in Japanese?

Unlike an acronym such as VIP, where the initials abbreviate the words it stands for, VIO illustrated the parts that it referred to. 'Aha, I see! '
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What does Chichi mean Japanese?

It says Chichi is Japanese for "milk" and "my father". Also a Japanese slang term for "breasts". But it is not exact. Akira Toriyama named her Chichi, meaning milk, because his father is the Ox king.
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What is www Japanese?

www is Internet slang like lol in Japanese. It stands for warai (笑い), often used on online message boards. 笑 is like www, it's another internet slang, like lol in Japanese. You will also see people adding 笑 at the end of sentences on the Internet just like the example you gave.
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What does KKKK mean in spanish?

Yes, kkkkk basically means LOL (Laughing Out Loud). In Brazil, at least. The Portuguese mostly use "hahaha" or "ahahaha". 8. ManaSyn Português • 4 yr.
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Is UwU a face?

Uwu is an emoticon depicting a cute face. It is used to express various warm, happy, or affectionate feelings. A closely related emoticon is owo, which can more specifically show surprise and excitement. There are many variations of uwu and owo, including and OwO, UwU, and OwU, among others.
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Is weeb an insult?

Weeb is a short form of weeaboo, a term first used by users of 4chan to insult obsessive fans of Japanese culture. A nonsense word, weeaboo has been used since the early 2000s, almost as long as 4chan itself has existed. The shortened weeb, however, doesn't seem to have become popular until the early 2010s.
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What do anime girls call?

“Shounen” means “boys” and “shoujo” means “girls.” These terms are often used to differentiate between intended audiences.
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Is there AB in Japanese?

The Japanese alphabet actually contains fewer letters than the English alphabet! When Romanizing Japanese (that is, writing Japanese words with English letters, also called romaji), you will only use the vowels a, i, u, e, o. And you'll use these consonants: k, g, s, z, j, t, d, n, h, f, b, p, m, y, r, w.
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What is Cao in Japanese?

The Cabinet Office (内閣府, Naikaku-fu) (CAO) is an agency of the Cabinet of Japan. It is responsible for handling the day-to-day affairs of the Cabinet. The Cabinet Office is formally headed by the Prime Minister.
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What is a warai?

The word owarai is the honorific form of the word warai, meaning "a laugh" or "a smile".
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What does CP mean in Japan?

The word Coupling (カップリング, read as “kappuringu”), often shortened into カプ (“kapu”) or CP, is the Japanese equivalent to Shipping. Quite obviously, it is derived from the English word “couple,” indicating a romantic relationship.
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What does KY mean in Japanese?

The term kuuki ga yomenai, or “KY” became popular a few years ago in Japan. Literally translated, it means a person “cannot read the air.” Reading the air is important in Japan. KY is often used to deride people who don't understand the unspoken rules of a group.
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How do you write KK in Japanese?

A kabushiki gaisha (Japanese: 株式会社, pronounced [kabɯɕi̥ki ɡaꜜiɕa]; literally "share company") or kabushiki kaisha, commonly abbreviated K.K., is a type of company (会社, kaisha) defined under the Companies Act of Japan.
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What does TSKR mean Vtuber?

Sui-chan is Cute Today Too. Usually also shortened as just "tskr" by those on alphabetic keyboard. ~Aquila.
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