context: Shamisen has several names. The instrument from which the sansin originated - sansyan - is written with the hieroglyphs “three strings” (), the Japanese names are either translations of this expression into Japanese (shamisen, samisen in Kansai), or a Japanese reading of the characters of the Chinese name; so in the context of music for whom it is called [9] [5]. Also abbreviated names are “sami”, “sami” and “pampen” [10]. Each name is used as a marker of group identity, different from [11].
question: What is the name of the national Japanese string instrument?
answers.text: Shamisen