Mouth shamisen

Japanese: 口三味線 - くちじゃみせん

〘noun〙① To recite a shamisen melody with one's mouth. The sounds of the first, second, and third strings can be represented as ton, ten, and chin respectively, and the sounds of scooping them up with a plectrum can be represented as ron, ren, and non, allowing for differences in strings, playing technique, and tone to be expressed. Shamisen singing. Kuchizamisen. *Haiku poem, Takatsukuba (1638) 1 "Fukumikane koto wa shihorashi omoshiroku kuchizamisen yanarashiken ( Ryoji's mother)" ② Words cleverly spoken to deceive. Deception with one's mouth. Eloquence. Eloquence technique. Eloquence training. Kuchizamisen. → To put on the shamisen with the mouth

Kuchi-zamisen [mouth shamisen]

〘Noun〙① = Kuchijamisen (mouth shamisen) ①※Ukiyo-zoshi, Nihon Eitaigura (1688), 5th chapter "A teahouse in Tamachi, where the mouth shamisen played every day, became a favorite of the Emperor." ② = Kuchijamisen (mouth shamisen) ②※Ukiyo-zoshi, Gozen Gikeiki (1700), 4th chapter "The mouth shamisen of a quickly becoming obsolete matter."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 三味線の旋律を口で唱えること。第一弦、第二弦、第三弦の音をそれぞれトン、テン、チンで表わすとか、それらを撥(ばち)ですくう音をロン、レン、ノンで表わすとか、弦の区別や奏法や音色の区別を表わすことができる。三味線の唱歌(しょうが)。くちざみせん。※俳諧・鷹筑波（1638）一「ふくみかねすることはしほらしおもしろく口しゃみせんやならしけん〈良次母〉」② 欺こうとして巧みに言いかけることば。口先でのごまかし。口車。口調法。口調練。くちざみせん。→口三味線に乗せる