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Categories: Japanese words and phrases, String instruments, Shamisen, Drumhead lutes, Continuous pitch instruments
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samisen  shamisen  Shamisen Banjo  Samisén  sangen
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0
A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum Open English WordNet
The shamisen, also known as sangen or samisen, is a three-stringed traditional Japanese musical instrument derived from the Chinese instrument sanxian. Wikipedia
Japanese plucked stringed instrument Wikidata
A kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute. Wiktionary
A Japanese musical instrument. Wiktionary (translation)
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