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三弦
Hiragana
さんげん
Noun
Japanese Meaning
主に日本や中国で用いられる、三本の弦を張った弦楽器の総称。日本の「三味線」や、中国の「三弦（サンシエン／サンシェン）」など。
Easy Japanese Meaning
しゃみせんのこと。みっつのげんをばちやゆびでひいておとをだすがっき。
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
日本三味线：三根弦、用拨片弹奏的弹拨乐器 / 中国三弦：无品长颈、三根弦的弹拨乐器
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
（日）三味線；三條弦的撥弦樂器。 / （中）三弦；無品、三條弦的傳統撥弦樂器。
Korean Meaning
일본 전통의 세 줄 현악기인 샤미센 / 중국 전통의 세 줄 무지판 류트인 산셴
Indonesian
shamisen; alat musik petik Jepang berdawai tiga / sanxian; alat musik petik Tiongkok berdawai tiga tanpa fret
Vietnamese Meaning
đàn shamisen: nhạc cụ ba dây của Nhật, gảy bằng phím gảy / đàn tam huyền (sanxian): đàn ba dây không phím truyền thống của Trung Quốc
Tagalog Meaning
instrumentong Hapones (shamisen) na may tatlong kuwerdas, pinipitik gamit ang plektrum / instrumentong Tsino (sanxian) na may tatlong kuwerdas at walang fret sa tradisyunal na musika
Sense（1）
Synonym of 三味線 (shamisen): a three-stringed musical instrument similar to a banjo played by plucking with a plectrum
Sense（2）
a sanxian (fretless lute with three strings used in traditional Chinese music)
Sense（3）
any other three-stringed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sanxian, Okinawan sanshin, or Japanese shamisen
Sense（4）
the three types of lute used in 雅楽 (gagaku) music: the 琵琶 (biwa), 箏 (sō) , and 和琴 (wagon)
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Synonym of 三味線 (shamisen): a three-stringed musical instrument similar to a banjo played by plucking with a plectrum / a sanxian (fretless lute with three strings used in traditional Chinese music)
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三弦
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My grandfather is good at playing the shamisen.
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私の祖父は三弦の演奏が得意です。
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