music for strings; string music
shamisen; samisen; sanxian (Chinese lute); three string instruments (in gagaku; biwa, wagon and sou); three-stringed instrument
string instrument; stringed instrument
single-stringed Japanese zither
wind and string instruments; music
qin (7-stringed Chinese zither); guqin; seven-stringed koto
geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living
five strings; five-stringed instrument