[1875–80; ‹ Japn: lit., Japanese song ‹ MChin, equiv. to Chin hé harmony (as a euphemistic reading of the character for wō dwarf, an ancient Chinese designation for the Japanese) + gē song]This word is first recorded in the period 1875–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Diaspora, cross-fertilization, knockabout, overdraft, pressure point