さんげん

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of さんげん – see the following entries.
三弦
[noun] Synonym of 三味線 (shamisen): a three-stringed musical instrument similar to a banjo played by plucking with a plectrum
[noun] a sanxian (fretless lute with three strings used in traditional Chinese music)
[noun] any other three-stringed musical instrument similar to the Chinese sanxian, Okinawan sanshin, or Japanese shamisen
[noun] the three types of lute used in 雅楽 (gagaku) music: the 琵琶 (biwa), () , and 和琴 (wagon)
Alternative spelling
三絃
三元
[noun] the general term for three festivals: (じょう)(げん) (jōgen)(on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month), (ちゅう)(げん) (chūgen)(on the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month), and ()(げん) (kagen)(on the fifteenth day of the tenth lunar month)
[noun] New Year's Day, the beginning(元) of the three time periods: the year, the month and the day
[noun] the three elements: heaven(), earth(), and man()
(This term, さんげん (sangen), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 三絃.)