[narag]

I've been trying to remember where I read this word a long time ago, like decades. Was it a well known brand? Music? Electronics? Sports?

[TheOtherHobbes]

Kawai make pianos.

Not the same as kawaii, which means "cute".

[narag]

Thank you. My memory is really bad. Guess who owned an upright one for a few years.

[TeMPOraL]

In Poland there was a video game magazine when I was a kid, and they had a section about Japanese culture, entitled "Kawaii".

[p_l]

It later became legendary first anime-related self-standing magazine in Poland, with cult following.

[TeMPOraL]

Wow, I missed that completely. I didn't pay much attention to anime these days.