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What does ; ; mean?
This may be difficult to search, but this is a type of Japanese "smiley" (or 顔文字) for a face with tears. Imagine something like this:
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Weird expression: 〇・一秒
If you saw it in a vertical text, 〇 is the (or at least a) correct way to write zero, as explained in here.
縦書きの場合、番地などの住所は漢数字で記載し、数字の「0」は「〇」を使います
Even if the text is horizontal, it is possible 〇・一 ...
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How is the death of a person marked in Japanese?
If you need some symbol, the × (ばつ) is often used for this purpose in certain fields, including genetics. See:
ジェノグラム（家族図）の書き方
What do the shapes △ ◯ ╳ ◻ mean in Japanese? And are there variations in ...
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How is the death of a person marked in Japanese?
We use [故]{こ} for the person's name and [没]{ぼつ} for the year/date.
Example:
故安倍晋三
故・安倍晋三
故 安倍晋三
2022年没
2022年7月8日没
As a side note: We use [享年]{きょうねん} for the age of death:
享年67歳
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What does ; ; mean?
The longer version is (;;) or (;_;) representing a face with two eyes and two teardrops with or without lips, or simply a crying face. The parentheses represent the outline of a face but can be ...
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