琶
ハ • ベ • ワ
lute
Words
琵琶法師
びわほうし
- lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk) n
楽琵琶
がくびわ
- large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku n
琵琶鰉
びわひがい ビワヒガイ
- Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus) n uk
琵琶湖大鯰
びわこおおなまず ビワコオオナマズ
- Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis) n uk
平家琵琶
へいけびわ
- Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari n
- chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment n