つま弾びく

godan verb (-ku), transitive verb

strum; pluck the strings

Specifically refers to plucking or strumming a stringed instrument with the fingertips or nails, often a guitar or shamisen.

• 彼かれはギターをつま弾びきながら歌うたった。

  He sang while strumming the guitar.

• 三味線しゃみせんをつま弾びく音おとが聞きこえる。

  I can hear the sound of someone plucking a shamisen.