しゃみせん

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Japanese

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三味線
a Japanese stringed instrument played by plucking, vaguely similar to a banjo
short for 三味線草 (shamisen-gusa): the shepherd's purse, Capsella bursa-pastoris
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
(academia, slang) a grade of (, highest mark, equivalent to an “A” in US schools) (from the vague visual similarity between the character and the shape of the shamisen)
(This term, しゃみせん (shamisen), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)