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What is the specific term for the 'canned laughter' sound effect used in Japanese variety shows?
Answer: Warai-goe (laughter track, there is no unique name — it's a standard laugh track) — Japanese variety shows use standard laugh tracks — there is no uniquely Japanese term for them.
- A Warai-goe (laughter track, there is no unique name — it's a standard laugh track) ✓
- B This distinction does not exist
- C No such special term applies
- D The question premise misleads
Japanese variety shows use standard laugh tracks — there is no uniquely Japanese term for them.