Synonyms for "shamisen" (7 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

jabisen

jamisen

Strong matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

jamisen

samisen

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)

samisensangen

sangen

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

1 entries

stringed instrument

Synonyms

3 entries

jamisensamisensangen

derived

1 entries

shamisenist

has context

1 entries

musical instrument

related to

2 entries

fretlesslute

Translations

19 translations across 13 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries

• شَامِيسِين noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

• syamisen noun (a Japanese musical instrument)
• şamisen noun (a Japanese musical instrument)
• сјамисен noun (a Japanese musical instrument)
• шамисен noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 三味線 /三味线 noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Esperanto

1 entries

• ŝamiseno noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Finnish

1 entries

• shamisen noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

French

1 entries

• jabisen noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Irish

1 entries

• seamasan noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Japanese

2 entries

• 三味線 noun (a Japanese musical instrument)
• 三味線 noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Korean

1 entries

• 샤미센 noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Marathi

1 entries

• शामिसेन noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Russian

1 entries

• сямисэ́н noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Turkish

1 entries

• şamisen noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Vietnamese

1 entries

• đàn tam noun (a Japanese musical instrument)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

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She originated a new way of playing jazz on the shamisen.

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