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What does the word karaoke mean in Japanese??

2007-08-22 04:05:56 · 2 answers · asked by smilez 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages

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カラオケ (karaoke) is the concatenation of kara (empty) and oke (short for orchestra). "Empty orchestra" means music performance (such as singing) without a live orchestra.

In Karaoke you sing by listening to recorded music and sing out the words (usually shown on a TV screen to help the singer).

2007-08-22 04:13:27 · answer #1 · answered by Dennis 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋

It comes from 2 words:
kara = empty
oke, short for okesta = orchestra
So the meaning is "empty orchestra".

2007-08-22 11:36:53 · answer #2 · answered by steiner1745 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋