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 
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a long-necked, three-stringed banjo-like instrument, played with a plectrum
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            stringed instrument held like a guitar or lute
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A three-stringed insturment with a small square body, rounded sides, and a long neck.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            Three-stringed instrument used as accompaniment in all styles of theatre music