SHAMISEN

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (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

Synonyms:

samisen; shamisen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

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

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