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二の糸 (にのいと) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二にの糸いと

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Meanings

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noun

second string (of a shamisen, etc.)

Refers specifically to the second string of a three-stringed instrument like the shamisen, tuned to a particular pitch. Used in musical contexts.

三味線しゃみせんの二にの糸いとが切きれてしまった。
The second string of the shamisen broke.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
糸thread

Similar words

一いちの糸いと
The first (thickest) string of a shamisen.
三さんの糸いと
The third (thinnest) string of a shamisen.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (ni, 'two') + の (no, possessive particle) + 糸 (ito, 'string'). Literally 'the second string'.