HyperDic: shamisen

English > 1 sense of the word shamisen:
NOUNartifactshamisen, samisena Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox
English > shamisen: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA 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.
Synonymsamisen
Broaderstringed instrumentA musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
Spanishshamisen

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