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What is the Japanese word that means “empty orchestra”?

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asked May 21, 2018 in General Knowledge by anonymous

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answered Jan 20, 2022 by anonymous

Kara means 'empty, void' and okesutora - short oke - means 'orchestra' and is an English loan word in the Japanese language. So karaoke is a kind of double and reversed borrowed English-Japanese loan word, actually meaning 'empty orchestra'!

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