jamisen

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jamisen

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Borrowed from Japanese 蛇味線 (jamisen).

noun jamisens · jabisen

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.

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@misc{jamisen_2026,
  title = {jamisen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/jamisen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}