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string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument

wind and string instruments; music

shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); the three string instruments used in gagaku (biwa, wagon and sou); three strings; three-stringed instrument

singing and (string) music

orchestral music

two-stringed koto

music for strings; string music

four strings; four-stringed instrument; biwa

string instrument; stringed instrument

single-stringed Japanese zither

geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living

sound of the strings

qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto

catgut

five-stringed instrument; pentachord

five strings; five-stringed instrument