jamisen
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 蛇味線 (jamisen).
Noun[edit]
jamisen (plural jamisens)
- (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.