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samisen
[ sam-uh-sen ]
/ ˈsæm əˌsɛn /
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noun
a guitarlike Japanese musical instrument having an extremely long neck and three strings, played with a plectrum.
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Origin of samisen
1610–20; <Japanese <Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese sānxia three-string banjo
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