jamisen
jamisen · jamisens
An archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin…An archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the shamisen.
Meaning
1 senses(obsolete)An archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the shamisen.
Origin
Borrowed from Japanese 蛇味線 (jamisen).Borrowed from Japanese 蛇味線 (jamisen).
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