Usually means: Traditional Japanese three-stringed instrument.
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  1. shamisen: Merriam-Webster
  2. shamisen: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. shamisen: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. shamisen: Collins English Dictionary
  5. shamisen: Vocabulary.com
  6. Shamisen, shamisen: Wordnik
  7. Shamisen: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
  8. shamisen: Wiktionary
  9. shamisen: Dictionary.com
  10. Shamisen: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. shamisen: Rhymezone
  12. shamisen: FreeDictionary.org
  13. shamisen: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. shamisen: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (shamisen)

▸ noun:  (music) A kind of three-stringed Japanese fretless lute.

Similar:
syamisen, samisen, sanshin, sangen, jamisen, telesen, jabisen, sanxian, shakuhachi, kisanji, more...

Opposite:
non-shamisen

Types:
tsugaru-jamisen, satsuma-jamisen, chikuzen-jamisen, more...

Adjectives:
japanese, stringed, single, offstage, futozao, several, second, traditional, nagauta

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Similar:
syamisen, samisen, sanshin, sangen, jamisen, telesen, jabisen, sanxian, shakuhachi, kisanji, more...

Opposite:
non-shamisen

Types:
tsugaru-jamisen, satsuma-jamisen, chikuzen-jamisen, more...

Adjectives:
japanese, stringed, single, offstage, futozao, several, second, traditional, nagauta



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