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琵琶 びわ

  1. biwa (Japanese lute)

琵琶湖 びわこ

  1. Biwako; Lake Biwa

琵琶の琴 びわのこと

  1. biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

琵琶法師 びわほうし

  1. blind travelling biwa player dressed like a Buddhist monk; lute priest; minstrel

琵琶湖大鯰 びわこおおなまず

  1. Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

琵琶牧々 びわぼくぼく

  1. biwa-bokuboku; yōkai in the shape of a Buddhist priest with the head of a biwa

琵琶笛 びやぼん

  1. Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

琵琶行 びわこう

  1. biwa song

琵琶鰉 びわひがい

  1. Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)

琵琶鱒 びわます

  1. biwa salmon; biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)
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