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jamisen

jamisen noun: an archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the shamisen.

Noun

jamisen (plural jamisens)

  1. (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.

Forms of jamisen

pluraljamisens
alternative formjabisen

Origin of jamisen

Borrowed from Japanese 蛇味線 (jamisen).

Questions about jamisen

What does jamisen mean?
Jamisen means an archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the shamisen.
What part of speech is jamisen?
Jamisen is a noun.
What is the plural of jamisen?
The plural of jamisen is jamisens.

Words near jamisen in the dictionary

  1. Jamin
  2. Jamin interferometer
  3. Jamin interferometers
  4. Jamindan
  5. Jamir
  6. jamisen
  7. jamisens
  8. Jamison
  9. Jamisontown
  10. jamjams
  11. jamjar

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