To convey a feeling of shyness or embarrassment to your interlocutor, kaomoji usually use the semicolon ; which is added to the emoticon. The Japanese believe that it resembles a drop of sweat on a person’s forehead. Symbols * and o are also used to convey this emotional state in their culture. The interlocutor demonstrates their flushed face during texting using these symbols.
Slanted lines, which supposedly cover the face when a person feels embarrassed, can also be used. Embarrassment and shyness with various connotations: negative and positive are displayed in emoticons in about the same way. The most vivid emoji in the embarrassment category is the man facepalming emoji.
| (⌒_⌒;) | (o^ ^o) | (*/ω＼) |
| (*/_＼) | (*ﾉωﾉ) | (o-_-o) |
| ( ◡‿◡ *) | (ᵔ.ᵔ) | (*ﾉ∀`*) |
| (//ω//) | (ノ*°▽°*) | (*^.^*) |
| (￣▽￣*)ゞ | (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄) | (*/▽＼*) |
| („ಡωಡ„) | (ง ื▿ ื)ว | ( 〃▽〃) |
| (*/。＼) | (*μ_μ) | (//▽//) |
| (*ﾉ▽ﾉ) | (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄) |
