Karaoke
if you mean what is empty orchestra in japanese, it's カラオケ(karaoke).
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'Kara', as in 'karaoke', literally 'empty orchestra'.
The word 空手 (karate) literally means 'empty hand' in Japanese. This word is commonly used in both English and Japanese to refer to the Japanese martial art. 空 (kara) - empty 手 (te) - hand
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'Kara', as in 'karaoke', literally 'empty orchestra'.
'Karaoke' is used to mean what it means in English -- that is, it refers to singing over pre-recorded music. However, it comes from the Japanese words 'kara' meaning "empty" and 'oke' which is an abbreviation of "orchestra." (Ookesutora in Japanese). Thus, karaoke is "empty orchestra," or just the musical part of a song without the vocals. In modern karaoke, the main voice or voices have been digitally removed. Originally the term was applied to any prerecorded music rather than an actual orchestra. Kara (Empty) Oke (orchestra)
I don't know, ask a japanese person. *Addendum: You moron, that's what they did - you just opened your yap out of turn. The Japanese love to drink and do business over drinks. They also are a high tech society, and appreciate American music. Put that all together, and you get a culture that created the karaoke or "empty orchestra" that allows anyone to sing the lead vocals on hit songs.
The correct spelling is "karaoke" (from Japanese meaning empty orchestra).
Karaoke originated in Japan in the 1970s. The word "karaoke" is a combination of two Japanese words: "kara" meaning "empty" and "oke" which is short for "orchestra." Together, it translates to "empty orchestra," referring to the music tracks without the vocal track that people can sing along to.
Karaoke is originally the same thing everywhere, but in Japanese it seems to have been gotten from the word orchestra (ookesutora -> Abbreviation : oke) and 空 (kara) meaning 'empty, blank, vacant'. It's written 空オケ and read [ka ra o ke].
It's a Japanese term meaning kara (empty) and oke (orchestra).
Karaoke - カラオケ, a portmanteau of Japanese kara 空 "empty," and ōkesutora オーケストラ "orchestra".
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Dōtai for the orchestra
from the home page of www.goodtimekaraoke.com The Japanese word stems from the words kara (空), meaning "empty" (as in karate, "empty hand") and oke which is short for ōkesutora, meaning "orchestra". The words together make a contraction literally meaning "empty orchestra". This term used to be slang for media where pre-recorded music substitutes for a live performance, thus it is written in katakana. The term karaoke can be interpreted as "virtual orchestra" because one can specify a key to the music and start singing along without the presence of a live band or orchestra. In the United States, the word is often pronounced as /kerioki/, and in Britain /kaerieoki/. The Japanese pronunciation is /karaoke/. (These pronunciations are in IPA.) It is a popular urban legend that Karaoke is Japanese for "tone-deaf". This is not true, though it is amusing.
空手 /ka ra te/ is a Japanese word, for a Japanese martial arts. It means 'empty hand'.