Etymology

enka

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Today it means: A genre of Japanese music that originated in the 1960s and often features melodramatic themes. Full definition →

Japanese 演歌
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  1. Japanese · borrowed from演歌
  2. English todayenka

Borrowed from Japanese 演歌 (enka).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.