三さん線しん

noun

sanshin; Okinawan three-stringed instrument

A traditional Okinawan three-stringed lute, precursor to the shamisen. Often played in folk music and dance.

• 沖おき縄なわの民みん謡ようには三さん線しんが欠かかせない。

  The sanshin is indispensable for Okinawan folk songs.

• 彼かれは三さん線しんを弾ひきながら島しま唄うたを歌うたった。

  He sang an island song while playing the sanshin.