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Where does “enka” come from?

enka (English) comes from Japanese 演歌 — Enka, a genre of melodramatic Japanese music.

enka (English): A genre of Japanese music that originated in the...

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  1. A genre of Japanese music that originated in the...

Ancestry of “enka”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese演歌Enka, a genre of melodramatic Japanese music
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