koto (redirected from kotos)

ko·to  (kt)

n. pl. ko·tos

A Japanese musical instrument similar to a zither, having usually 13, but sometimes as few as 1 or as many as 17, silk strings stretched over an oblong box.

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[Japanese.]

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koto - Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers stringed instrument - a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound