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SHAMISEN

English dictionary: Word overview

SHAMISEN (noun)
  The noun SHAMISEN has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: SHAMISEN used as a noun is very rare.


English dictionary: Word details


SHAMISEN (noun)


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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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

samisen; shamisen

Hypernyms ("shamisen" is a kind of...):

stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)


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