jabisen
English
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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
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[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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