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Samisen

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. Variant of shamisen.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Alternative form of shamisen.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. A guitar or banjo of three strings, used by the Japanese.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. 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

Word Usage

"The geisha, with her face whitened with powder, and her lips painted a bright red, and her elaborately-dressed hair full of ornaments, sits down to a sort of guitar called a samisen and sings, but her song has no music in it."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

stringed instrument