jamisen

/JH AE1 M AH0 S AH0 N/
noun
  1. 1

    (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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