samisen meaning

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samisen (noun): 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.

Definition of samisen

  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 plectrum

    Synonyms: shamisen

    Type of: stringed instrument

Scrabble score: 9 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SA · words ending in EN · 7-letter words

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