Posts on ‘October 30th, 2007’

Karaoke is “kara” and “oke” in Japanese. Kara comes from “karappo” meaning empty, and oke comes from “okesutura” meaning orchestra. Commonly, a song when recorded has vocals and accompaniment, but music tapes with only the accompaniment recorded were named “karaoke.” Today, this Japanese word is a Japanese word no more. Take a look at the [...]