三さん弦げん

noun

shamisen; samisen

Commonly refers to the shamisen, a three-stringed Japanese lute. Synonymous with 三味線.

See also: 三味線

• 彼かれは三さん弦げんを弾ひくのが上手じょうずだ。

  He is good at playing the shamisen.

noun

sanxian; Chinese three-stringed lute

Refers to the Chinese sanxian, a three-stringed lute that is the ancestor of the shamisen.

• 三さん弦げんは中ちゅう国ごくの伝でん統とう楽がっ器きの一ひとつです。

  The sanxian is one of the traditional Chinese instruments.

noun

three string instruments of gagaku

In the context of gagaku (Japanese court music), refers collectively to the biwa, wagon, and sou.

• 雅が楽がくで使つかわれる三さん弦げんは琵び琶わ、和わ琴ごん、箏そうです。

  The three string instruments used in gagaku are the biwa, wagon, and sou.

noun

three strings; three-stringed instrument

Literal meaning: any instrument with three strings, or the three strings themselves.

• この楽がっ器きは三さん弦げんで構こう成せいされている。

  This instrument is made up of three strings.