They can help users express a range of thoughts and emotions quickly, without resorting to one of the Japanese language's three written alphabets.
If he were really brave, he might have set out thoughts on ending bureaucratic uncertainty over corruption, or on land reform.Instead Mr Gandhi offered a range of thoughts, some earnest, many well-meaning, some apparently irrelevant and some waffle.
"Grief is a complex process, so it comes with a range of thoughts, emotions and behaviors," Wilborn explained.
"These briefings include a range of thoughts and opinions, some of which I agree with and some I don't, but all of which I think are important to spend some time thinking about," Biden said.
This results in the censorship of a range of critical thought.
The internal tensions did not begin with the Budget or during the panic-stricken general election campaign, when Cameron and Osborne made a range of ill thought through pledges.
At Kingston University, Professor Steve Keen teaches a module on "becoming an economist", which explores disagreements between economic thinkers, and a range of schools of thought.
Cera's line delivery is a national treasure, as he wrenches phrases from diffident silences to suggest a range of unexpressed thoughts beneath them, and Dennings speaks with a grounded intelligence that seems ready-made for the world that Woody Allen made famous.
For the next 35 minutes Dylan, who seldom talks between songs onstage anymore, offered a range of thanks, thoughts, memories, acknowledgments and advice.
