a fretless plucked lute with three strings and a skin-covered body originally from Okinawa, the precursor to the shamisen

Synonym of 三味線 (shamisen): a Japanese plucked string instrument played similarly to a banjo

trio (instrumental)

three person; three people

three person; three people

Mimiko, a female Japanese given name

an individual with a foreign citizenship

sankyoku, a traditional Japanese ensemble consisting of three instruments: shakuhachi, shamisen, and koto (formerly kokyu, shamisen, and koto)

the three types of arms made out of leather: armor, helmet, and shield / in traditional Japanese cosmology, a general term for the three years that often accompanied change: kakumei, kakuun, and kakurei

third rank / of person of the third rank / a low ranking priest / a Christian doctrine in which the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one; the trinity