kawaii

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It faces plenty of competition from longtime local favorites with their girlish "kawaii," or "cute," look, such as the 109 building in Shibuya, which has grown into a Tokyo tourist spot.

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  • She'd progressed from wanting to live in a fantastic, kawaii- cute plastic world of Hello Kitty, to being a Day-Glo, Manga lollipop space girl in platform sneakers, and then just a couple of years ago she had moved into the dark gothic world of pseudo vampires, suicidal poets, and romantic disappointment. —  Christopher Moore - You Suck
  • All of them embody the "kawaii" look, or "cute" in Japanese, with fluttery eyelashes and enormous manga eyes. —  TREND HUNTER - The Latest Trends
  • This is why you should drive up to Moy's house and watch kawaii-desu seiyuu prance around on his HDTV \o / —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • The character designs are genuinely appealing, being cute and full of life without drowning in its own pool of kawaii, and the backgrounds and animation are executed with skill and grace. —  AnimeBlogger.net Antenna
  • El más reciente PV de esta niña tan kawaii, disfruten de colores y felicidad en este PV ^-^ en descarga directa … Salu2 … .. —  www.Perublogs.com Todos los Blogs del Perú
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