Shamisen and Stringed instrument

Shamisen noun - A Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum.

Stringed instrument and shamisen are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stringed instrument" instead a noun "Shamisen".

Stringed instrument noun - A musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound.

Shamisen and stringed instrument are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Shamisen" with "Stringed instrument", this terms are similar.