There has been a boom in“karaoke”in Japan．Many people，no matter what their age orgender，go there often to enjoy singing out loud，to seek relief from daily stress or just for fun．The“kara”of kara-oke means“empty”．while the“oke’’is a Japanese abbreviation of theEnglish word，“0rchestra．”These two words coming together mean an orchestra without a sinG—er，karaoke systems ate widespread in many countries nowadays．“karaoke bars’’are wellknown by Americans，but actuany we have few karaoke bars in Japan．What we call“karaokebox”is more popular in Japan．

To relish karaoke is not difficult at all．All you have to do is to find some friends to gowith you．After you have settled into the room and gotten something to eat or drink，you are al-ready to sing．You look up one of the songbooks and choose a song you wish to sing in two dif-ferent ways：either by the singer's name or title of the song．Then enter the code numbers ofthe song into the remote contr01．Soon your music will start．Some karaoke sets even have avoice change system．You can change your voice from a woman’s to a man’s，or a man’s to awoman’s．This is very interesting．But the important thing here is you should listen to otherpeople singing at the sanle time．Usually people like to have audiences，and you want them tolisten to you while you are singing，too．You can feel like a real singer if you have someone tolisten to you，and that’s what people like when doing karaoke．

Since you will have your own room and there will be no unfamiliar people watching you，you will feel more comfortable singing in a karaoke box than singing in front of many people，like in karaoke bars．You Call spend the time in a more relaxed atmosphere，which is more en．joyable．

Once you have experienced karaoke，you might want to go again and again，though somepeople would not like singing in front of people even if they were friends or family．But you can still have a jot of．fun there，even if you don't sing．We make jokes and we talk as if we were athome．I personally like karaoke very much．I like singing and I have so much fun every time I go．I thilnk we are seeking a way to express ourselves to people whom ，we like．

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In Japanese，the word“Karaoke”come from“kara”and“oke．”What do these words mean?