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Noun: samisen  'sa-mi,sen
  1. A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum
    - shamisen

Derived forms: samisens

Type of: stringed instrument

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