三味線

しゃみせん

three-stringed Japanese guitar

What does 三味線 mean?

三味線 is a Japanese noun meaning three-stringed Japanese guitar in English. It is written as 三味線 in kanji, しゃみせん in hiragana, and shamisen in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.

Example sentence

彼女は三味線による新しいジャズの演奏法を始めた。

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