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Definition of Shakuhachi
1. Noun. (musical instruments) A Japanese flute which is tuned to a pentatonic scale is end-blown like a recorder instead of being held transversely like the Western transverse flute, originally used by Zen Buddhist Monks of the (term ??? tr=????, fuke zen sc=Jpan lang=ja) sect in the practice of (term ?? blowing meditation tr=????, suizen lang=ja sc=Jpan). ¹
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