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：2026/01/12
三味線
Hiragana
しゃみせん / さみせん
Noun
abbreviation
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slang
Japanese Meaning
日本の伝統的な弦楽器。細長い棹に三本の弦を張り、撥で弾いて演奏する。 / 「三味線草（しゃみせんぐさ）」の略。アブラナ科の越年草「ナズナ（薺）」のこと。
Easy Japanese Meaning
いとをはじいてひくにほんのがっき。しゃみせんぐさをみじかくいうこともある
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日本传统拨弦乐器，拨奏，略似班卓琴 / “三味线草”的简称，指荠菜
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
日本傳統撥弦樂器，外形類似班卓琴 / 三味線草的簡稱；薺菜（Capsella bursa-pastoris）
Korean Meaning
일본의 세 줄짜리 발현 악기 샤미센 / 냉이를 이르는 말(‘三味線草’의 준말)
Indonesian
alat musik tradisional Jepang berdawai yang dipetik, mirip banjo (shamisen) / singkatan dari 三味線草: tanaman dompet gembala (Capsella bursa‑pastoris)
Vietnamese Meaning
đàn shamisen (đàn ba dây của Nhật Bản, chơi bằng cách gảy) / (viết tắt của 三味線草) cây cải túi chăn, Capsella bursa-pastoris
Tagalog Meaning
Instrumentong may kuwerdas ng Hapon na pinipitik; kahawig ng banjo / Maikling tawag sa ‘shamisen-gusa’; ang damong shepherd’s purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Sense（1）
a Japanese stringed instrument played by plucking, vaguely similar to a banjo
Sense（2）
short for 三味線草 (shamisen-gusa): the shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris
Sense（3）
from 三味線を弾く (shamisen o hiku, literally “to play the shamisen”): words or actions intended to deceive one's opponent in a game or competition
Sense（4）
(academia, slang) a grade of 甲 (kō, highest mark, equivalent to an “A” in US schools) (from the vague visual similarity between the character 甲 and the shape of the shamisen)
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a Japanese stringed instrument played by plucking, vaguely similar to a banjo / short for 三味線草 (shamisen-gusa): the shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris
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三味線
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She is good at playing the shamisen.
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彼女は三味線を弾くのが上手です。
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