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samisen

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A guitar or banjo of three strings, used by the Japanese.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Mus.) A Japanese musical instrument with three strings, resembling a guitar or banjo.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative form of shamisen.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

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Examples

  • The geisha, with her face whitened with powder, and her lips painted a bright red, and her elaborately-dressed hair full of ornaments, sits down to a sort of guitar called a samisen and sings, but her song has no music in it.

    Peeps at Many Lands: Japan John Finnemore

  • Tak Shindo takes Western-Themed standards and rearranges them to feature classic Oriental instruments such as samisen, koto, gong, flute, temple blocks, and tree cymbals. ...

    Tak Shindo: FAR EAST GOES WESTERN mrdantefontana 2006

  • Many bunraku fan sites, such as the blogs Mannaka Na Hibi (kayabatyou. blog11.fc2.com) and Yoshida Tamame San Ouen (tamamefun. seesaa.net), are linked to sites of reciters, puppeteers and even samisen players.

    Puppet Love Aika Nanao 2009

  • A bell rings, the lights dim and a samisen (a three-stringed lute) starts to play as the performance of "Shinjû Ten no Amijima" (Double Suicide at Amijima Temple) begins.

    Puppet Love Aika Nanao 2009

  • Sugiyama however is captured and with his family meets a filthy torture death and I don't mean waterboarding, stress positions or loud samisen music, however he will not betray Toranaga-sama by withdrawing his resignation and allowing him to be impeached and invited to commit seppuku.

    "It became clear to me to me that it would be very difficult day in and day out to serve in this Cabinet," says Judd Gregg, withdrawing. Ann Althouse 2009

  • The samisen player leaves, too, but not before she removes the screen in the corner to reveal a futon, the top quilt folded back in invitation.

    Ukiyo Donna Storey 2008

  • The wizened grandma in the corner strikes up a geisha love song on her samisen.

    Ukiyo Donna Storey 2008

  • The samisen player leaves, too, but not before she removes the screen in the corner to reveal a futon, the top quilt folded back in invitation.

    Ukiyo 2008

  • The wizened grandma in the corner strikes up a geisha love song on her samisen.

    Ukiyo 2008

  • The wizened grandma in the corner strikes up a geisha love song on her samisen.

    The Best American Erotica 2006 Edited by Susie Bright 2006

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  • hernesheir commented on the word samisen

    another stringed instrument...

    January 7, 2009

  • reesetee commented on the word samisen

    Thanks, hernesheir!

    January 7, 2009