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I have been watching the English dub of it on public TV and I haven't seen any
mention of _K-On_ in the series itself (with the exception of the OPs/EDs).

So I am wondering, what does K-On refer to in the series? If it refers to
nothing, then is there a particular reason/meaning to the name K-On?


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What does "K-On!" refer to in the series?


"K-On" is pronounced the same as the word 軽音 _keion_ , which means "light
music" (in the Japanese sense, not the classical sense). The main characters
are, of course, part of the light music club, which is the 軽音部 _keion-bu_. The
"K-On club", if you will.

If you had watched it with Japanese audio, you would have probably noticed the
word sprinkled all over the place (since they talk about the club a lot,
obviously). The [eyecatches](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7r5wq2gDpEM) (I
forget for which season) also have audio of Yui saying "K-On". I suppose they
must have changed the eyecatches to something else for the English dub.


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