三味線 (さみせん): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

三味線 (さみせん) means three-stringed Japanese instrument.

See example sentences below.

三味線 at a glance

三味線

さみせんsamisen

N1noun

three-stringed Japanese instrument

三味線さみせんsamisenN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

three-stringed Japanese instrument

Example 1

おじいさんは三味線を弾きます。

Translation

My grandfather plays the shamisen.

Example 2

祭りで三味線の音が聞こえた。

Translation

I heard the sound of the shamisen at the festival.