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Wakaru?: Japanese for “Do you understand?” or “Know what I mean?” Used to denounce a tacky joke that you’ve just made and came to regret the very moment you made it.

Web Design Agency: Old form of business that, similar to the ice cutter, knocker-upper or horseshoe maker, was very useful but has now run its course. While still popular in Japan, digital design, web design (or internet) agencies have been bought and replaced by a handful of business consultancies. They bought digital design agencies just in time before losing their consulting mandates. Now, they take the lion’s share of the design work business. Supposedly, the whole design part will be fully replaced by Artificial Intelligence.