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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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;
[syn: samisen, shamisen]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

shamisen
    n 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 [syn:
         samisen, shamisen]