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Japanoise

noun

Etymology

Blend of Japanese + noise.

  1. derived from nojé — “to bother, to annoy”
  2. derived from inodio — “to make repulsive”
  3. derived from enoiier — “to bother, to disturb”
  4. derived from noxia — “hurt, harm, damage, injury”
  5. derived from nausia
  6. derived from noise — “a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”
  7. inherited from noyse
  8. compounded as japanoise — “Japanese + noise”

Definitions

  1. A genre of postindustrial music of Japan, primarily in the 1980s and 1990s.

    • While we allow the sounds of Japanoise to challenge our ears, this practice of sound-making reveals not only the limits of origin stories, but also the limits of the concept of “ongaku,” […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA