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Offline Tactile

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Japanese keycap symbol
« on: Mon, 02 January 2017, 12:56:02 »
I was looking at a set of keycaps labeled in Japanese and this symbol was on the "Windows" key. I have a feeling that it's obvious & I'm just not seeing it but - what is this?

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Offline FLOCKA

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Re: Japanese keycap symbol
« Reply #1 on: Mon, 02 January 2017, 13:00:54 »
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Re: Japanese keycap symbol
« Reply #2 on: Mon, 02 January 2017, 13:05:47 »
Now THAT'S my kind of windows key!
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Re: Japanese keycap symbol
« Reply #3 on: Mon, 02 January 2017, 15:13:05 »
I really want to go out and have sushi tonight now. Thanks =P
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Offline Tactile

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Re: Japanese keycap symbol
« Reply #4 on: Mon, 02 January 2017, 15:45:17 »
Well, it turned out to be not obvious after all. At least not to an ignorant American. Thanks and a tip o' the hat to FLOCKA.
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Re: Japanese keycap symbol
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 02 January 2017, 18:09:09 »
Specifically, it looks like salmon nigiri (Japanese, sake nigiri):





Sushi often appears in Japanese arcade games, usually as bonuses or power-ups. One of my favorite examples is the wonderful 1990 Toaplan platformer Snow Brothers. When you bounce enemies off the screen with giant snowballs, sushi bonuses appear:



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