SHAMISEN

samisen, shamisen

(noun) a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

shamisen (plural shamisens or shamisen)

(musical instrument) A kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute.

Synonyms

• jamisen, jabisen (used mainly in reference to archaic forms of the instrument from the Ryukyu Islands)

• sangen

Source: Wiktionary

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