šamisen
šamisen
a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretless fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum [Japonski strunski instrument, podoben banju z dolgim vratom, tremi strunami, nedoločenim prstnim oprijemom in pravokotnim resonančnim telesom, ki ga igramo s trzalom.]