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SAMISEN
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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 ("samisen" is a kind of...):
stringed instrument (a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound)