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SAMISEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does samisen mean? 

SAMISEN (noun)
  The noun SAMISEN 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 plectrumplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SAMISEN (noun)


Sense 1

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 ("samisen" is a kind of...):

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


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