NOUN | artifact | samisen, shamisen | a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox |
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Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonym | shamisen | |
Broader | stringed instrument | A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
Spanish | shamisen |
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