See 三味線 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"堀",
"ぼり"
]
],
"word": "三味線堀"
},
{
"roman": "shamisen-ya",
"ruby": [
[
"三味線",
"しゃみせん"
],
[
"屋",
"や"
]
],
"word": "三味線屋"
},
{
"roman": "ai-jamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"相",
"あい"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "相三味線"
},
{
"roman": "iro-jamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"色",
"いろ"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "色三味線"
},
{
"roman": "uta-jamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"唄",
"うた"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "唄三味線"
},
{
"roman": "kuchi-jamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"口",
"くち"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "口三味線"
},
{
"roman": "gidayū shamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"義太夫",
"ぎだゆう"
],
[
"三味線",
"しゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "義太夫三味線"
},
{
"roman": "tate-jamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"立",
"たて"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "立三味線"
},
{
"roman": "Tsugaru-jamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"津軽",
"つがる"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "津軽三味線"
},
{
"roman": "tsugijamisen",
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[
"継",
"つ"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "継ぎ三味線"
},
{
"roman": "tsurejamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"連",
"つ"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "連れ三味線"
},
{
"roman": "waki-jamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"脇",
"わき"
],
[
"三味線",
"じゃみせん"
]
],
"word": "脇三味線"
}
],
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"depth": 1,
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "shamisen",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ English: shamisen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ English: shamisen"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "fi",
"2": "shamisen",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Finnish: shamisen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
"text": "→ Finnish: shamisen"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "shamisen",
"bor": "1"
},
"expansion": "→ Spanish: shamisen",
"name": "desc"
}
],
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}
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"lang": "ja"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "wp"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "Shamisen"
},
"expansion": "",
"name": "wp"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ryu",
"2": "三線",
"tr": "sanshin"
},
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"name": "cog"
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{
"args": {
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"name": "ateji"
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{
"args": {
"1": ", usually read"
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"expansion": ", usually read",
"name": "upright"
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"form": "三味線",
"ruby": [
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"三",
"しゃ"
],
[
"味",
"み"
],
[
"線",
"せん"
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"tags": [
"romanization"
]
},
{
"form": "syamisen",
"tags": [
"romanization"
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},
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"tags": [
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"historical"
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"hhira": "しやみせん"
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"name": "ja-noun"
}
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"lang_code": "ja",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"english": "shamisen o hiku",
"ruby": [
[
"三",
"しゃ"
],
[
"味",
"み"
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[
"線",
"せん"
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[
"弾",
"ひ"
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],
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}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"a Japanese stringed instrument played by plucking, vaguely similar to a banjo"
],
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[
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[
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[
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"vaguely"
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"similar",
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[
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{
"word": "三線"
},
{
"word": "三弦"
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{
"word": "三味"
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{
"word": "ぺんぺん"
}
]
},
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"extra": "(shamisen-gusa): the shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris",
"word": "三味線草"
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],
"links": [
[
"三味線草",
"三味線草#Japanese"
],
[
"shepherd's purse",
"shepherd's purse"
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[
"Capsella bursa-pastoris",
"Capsella bursa-pastoris#Translingual"
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{
"word": "薺"
},
{
"word": "ぺんぺん草"
}
],
"tags": [
"abbreviation",
"alt-of"
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{
"glosses": [
"from 三味線を弾く (shamisen o hiku, literally “to play the shamisen”): words or actions intended to deceive one's opponent in a game or competition"
],
"links": [
[
"三味線を弾く",
"三味線を弾く#Japanese"
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[
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[
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"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
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"glosses": [
"a grade of 甲 (kō, highest mark, equivalent to an “A” in US schools) (from the vague visual similarity between the character 甲 and the shape of the shamisen)"
],
"links": [
[
"甲",
"甲#Japanese"
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[
"A",
"A"
]
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"(academia, slang) a grade of 甲 (kō, highest mark, equivalent to an “A” in US schools) (from the vague visual similarity between the character 甲 and the shape of the shamisen)"
],
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"topics": [
"academia",
"scholarly",
"sciences"
]
}
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{
"other": "しゃみせん"
},
{
"ipa": "[ɕa̠mʲisẽ̞ɴ]"
}
],
"word": "三味線"
}
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"Japanese lemmas",
"Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
"Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
"Japanese nouns",
"Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
"Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
"Japanese terms with 3 kanji",
"Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Japanese terms with multiple readings",
"Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"Japanese words with multiple readings",
"Pages with 2 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"ja:Crucifers",
"ja:String instruments"
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{
"roman": "samisen kumiuta",
"ruby": [
[
"三味線",
"さみせん"
],
[
"組歌",
"くみうた"
]
],
"word": "三味線組歌"
},
{
"roman": "samisen-bako",
"ruby": [
[
"三味線",
"さみせん"
],
[
"箱",
"ばこ"
]
],
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},
{
"roman": "samisenhiki",
"ruby": [
[
"三味線",
"さみせん"
],
[
"弾",
"ひ"
]
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{
"roman": "odori samisen",
"ruby": [
[
"踊",
"おど"
],
[
"三味線",
"さみせん"
]
],
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},
{
"roman": "kuchizamisen",
"ruby": [
[
"口",
"くち"
],
[
"三味線",
"ざみせん"
]
],
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},
{
"roman": "tatezamisen",
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[
"立",
"たて"
],
[
"三味線",
"ざみせん"
]
],
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}
],
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[
"三",
"さ"
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[
"味",
"み"
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[
"線",
"せん"
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],
"tags": [
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"tags": [
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}
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}
],
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}
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