Japanoise

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noun

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

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Meanings

nounJapanoise (uncountable)
  1. uncountableentertainmentA 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,” […]

    2021 [2001], Timothy Rommen, Bruno Nettl, editors, Excursions in World Music, 8th edition, Routledge, →ISBN, page 204

Origin

Blend of Japanese + noise.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

japonaise
Cite this entry
APA

Japanoise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanoise

MLA

“Japanoise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanoise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Japanoise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Japanoise.

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