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Karaoke - “empty orchestra”

Karate - “empty hand”

Yes, but Wikipedia says ‘karate’ is a bit more nuanced:

In this era of escalating Japanese militarism [circa 1932], the name was changed from 唐手 (“Chinese hand”) to 空手 (“empty hand”) – both of which are pronounced karate – to indicate that the Japanese wished to develop the combat form in Japanese style.

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