jabisen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japanese 蛇皮線 (jabisen, literally “snakeskin strings”).
Noun[edit]
jabisen (plural jabisens)
- (music) Alternative spelling of jamisen
- 1973 June, “OKINAWA, The Islands That Fortune Overlooked”, in The East, volume 9, number 5, Tokyo: East Publications, →ISSN, page 48, columns 1–2:
- Introduced into China from Central Asia and thence to Ryūkyū in the very late 14th century, the jabisen gives a special flavor to the folk culture of Okinawa.
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Japanese 蛇皮線 (literally “snakeskin strings”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jabisen m (plural jabisens)
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
jabisen
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