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 · 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
eş: 三弦, 三絃, 三つの緒, 三線
köken: The instrument derives from the Okinawan 三線 (sanshin). Originally called 蛇皮線 (jabisen, literally “snakeskin strings”) in Japanese, so named for the way the Okinawan instrument's soundbox is traditionally covered in snakeskin. The traditional jabisen instrument was imported into the Sakai area of Osaka during the Eiroku era (1558–1570), then later modified by biwa luthiers to have the…
aile: 三味線糸, 三味線歌, 三味線貝, 三味線草, 三味線組歌, 三味線駒, 三味線蔓, 三味線胴, 三味線箱, 三味線弾き