(astronomy): A graphic approximation of a numbered circle, with the circle symbolizing a planetary disk, as in (4) Vesta from an original ④ Vesta. A circle proved impractical for large numbers.
2025 April, “Can AI Change Your View? Evidence from a Large-Scale Online Field Experiment”, inUniversity of Zurich[1] (in English), page 1:
Large Language Models(LLMs) are fundamentally transforming how humans consume and interact with information, raising pressing ethical concerns about their broader societal impact.
2006, “Scott Pilgrim & the Infinite Sadness”, inScott Pilgrim, volume 3 (in English):
Scott: Can I get some free candy? Can you make it happen? Just some chocolate, maybe? Wallace: No, because(A) you'll take half an hour to decide what you want, and(B) no sugar for you!!
2024 August 6, Gena Kaufman, “33 Rainy-Day Date Ideas That Aren’t Another Movie”, inGlamour[2] (in English):
When a sudden rainstorm interrupts your plans for a date, you have some choices:(a) brave the weather,(b) choose an equally fun indoor activity,(c) straight up refuse to leave the house and instead stay in together, or(d) be that person who asks for a last-minute raincheck (don’t be that person).
(papyrology, epigraphy)Encloses restored elements of text that were (intentionally) omitted by the original scribe as an abbreviation.
(phonetics)A transcriptiondelimiter forsilent utterances. It may enclose a transcription of amouthed utterance derived fromlip-reading, such as (ʃːː), or of the length of apause between utterances, such as (1.3 sec). (...), (..) and (.) are used for increasingly brief pauses.
(astronomy)Encloses the minor planet number of an asteroid, e.g. (4) Vesta. May be further abbreviated to 4. Vesta or 4 Vesta.
(Internetslang)Used to provide a deeper or second meaning to a phrase. Probably from Japanese義訓(gikun,“invented reading”). Compare Englishread(“used after a euphemism to introduce the intended, more blunt meaning of a term”).
(literally, “go take a look when you get home (not really)”)
(Internetslang, with no content inside)Used to censorvulgar,profane orsensitive words or characters. Comparex in Latin alphabet. A formal way to censor words in Chinese is using× instead.
他（）的！
Fxxk that!
(Internetslang, by extension, with no content inside)Added to the end of a message to indicate alighthearted or joking tone.
(Internetslang, by extension, with no content inside)Added to the end of a message, either left parenthesis only or both, used in place of ellipses…… (which can be read asindecisiveness) to imply an abrupt and intentional end to an incomplete sentence.
Used as a plaintext fallback ofruby: encloses a regular or traditional pronunciation to kanji (sometimes other types of words, e.g.katakana in parentheses following an English word) that the readers may not necessarily know how to read.
檸檬（れもん）
檸檬 (remon)
Used as a plaintext fallback ofruby: encloses an invented reading or a pronunciation borrowed from another language, which follows usually but not necessarily a kanji word, to conveys the word's deeper or second meaning (see義訓(gikun)).
親友（ライバル）
close friend (rival)
(Internetslang, with no content inside)Used to censorvulgar,profane orsensitive words or characters. A formal way to censor words in Japanese is using× or○ instead. Compare自主規制 in Japanese andx in Latin alphabet.
(Internetslang)Added to the end of a message, with short text inside (the right parenthesis is optional), as a sort oftone indicator.
(Internetslang, by extension, with no content inside)Added to the end of a message to indicate a lighthearted or joking tone (the right parenthesis is optional),.
