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'Kara', as in 'Karaoke', literally 'empty orchestra'.

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What is the word for empty in Japanese?

karappo


What is the Japanese word for karate?

空手 /ka ra te/ is a Japanese word, for a Japanese martial arts. It means 'empty hand'.


Which Japanese word means empty orchesta?

カラオケ (karaoke)


Japanese word that means empty hand?

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


What does the Japanese word Karatemean literally?

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What antonyms does the word karate have?

Karate literally means empty hand in Japanese.


Where did the name for karaoke machines come from?

Karaoke is Japanese, from the word kara meaning empty.


What is a karate belt called in Japanese?

There are two symbols that make up the word karate. Te is translated as hand. The character Kara can be translated in two ways, either empty or China. In the 1930's the Okinawa masters gathered and agreed that they would use the word empty for the art.


What does the Japanese word Cero mean?

Cero 虚閃 (セロ), Sero; Spanish for "Zero", Japanese for "Hollow Flash". "Empty Disaster" if the kanji is literally translated.


What is the English for the Japanese word kata?

Movement, empty mind movements, structured armed techniques. The kanji that make up the word Kata in Japanese represent 'cutting ground.' In English it is usually termed as a 'form.'


Does karate come from the Japanese?

It comes from Japanese, kara, meaning empty and te, meaning hand.Technically it should be karate-do, do means way so it becomes the way of the empty hand. By empty hand here they mean without weapons.


What Japanese sport means empty?

空手 (karate) literally means empty-handed in Japanese (referring to hand-to-hand combat). I'm not too sure of any other sports that have a meaning of 'empty' in Japanese.空 (kara) - empty手 (te) - hand