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What does 凸 mean here?
It means to contact directly. More specifically, to make a phone call, make a visit, talk to. It derives from identifying 突{とつ}撃 and 凸{とつ}.
「凸」とは？意味と例文が3秒でわかる！
The usage of 突撃 means an 'attack' in a ...
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maru = "for real" (or something of the sort)?
It is a reading of '。', the proper full width period. So it is kind of like saying in English '..., period'. Saying まる just indicates the end of the sentence unlike English where 'period' sounds like ...
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涙活 = "monetizing the tears"?
To my knowledge, 涙活 just refers to having a good cry (and feeling better afterwards).
According to Wikipedia, this seems to be a word coined by a certain person around 2010, but it has never been a ...
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"Your mom has an outie" = "son of a bitch" in English?
From a pragmatic point of view, お前の母ちゃんでべそ is a widely recognized way of insulting but not really used in reality (I don't think I've ever heard it used in my childhood). Anyway, the meaning does not ...
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What is 家ーーーーー！！ supposed to mean here? [FFXIV video game slang]
Your guess is almost certainly correct; it's "Yeeeeah". However, unless I'm missing something known only to hardcore FFXIV fans, this is not at all an established slang word or meme. Even ...
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涙活 = "monetizing the tears"?
Difficult to tell without the full context.
I can't find any examples of "涙活" being used for anything other than "crying intentionally as a way to relieve stress".
However, I could ...
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How to provide variable text in Japanese?
Most symbols used in the English language would work. If you just give instructions like "this '@' always indicates a variable" somewhere, I'm sure people will understand whether it's '@' or ...
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