| NOUN | artifact | shamisen, samisen | 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 | samisen | |
| Broader | stringed instrument | A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound |
| Spanish | shamisen | |
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