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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

jamisen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
jamisen
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the shamisen.

Obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 蛇味線 (jamisen).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

jamisens (plural) jabisen (alternative)

Questions

What does jamisen mean?
An archaic stringed instrument of Japanese origin, traditionally made from snakeskin and characteristic of the Ryukyu islands; it is the ancestor of the shamisen.
Where does jamisen come from?
It is traced to Japanese.

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