Etymology

gottan

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Today it means: traditional Kagoshima plucked instrument resembling a sanshin Full definition →

Japanese ゴッタン
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  1. Japanese · borrowed fromゴッタン
  2. English todaygottan

From Japanese ゴッタン (gottan).

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