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jmdict 1486250 Active (id: 46908)
琵琶 [news1,nf12]
びわ [news1,nf12]
1. [n]
▶ biwa (Japanese lute)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2230000 胡琴【こきん】 2. biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
  ⇐ see: 2424050 撥面【ばちめん】 1. pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)
  ⇐ see: 2027990 槽【そう】 1. body (of a biwa)
  ⇐ see: 2687140 落帯【らくたい】 1. skin stretched on the sides of a biwa
  ⇐ see: 2431910 琵琶の琴【びわのこと】 1. biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
  ⇐ see: 2431920 四つの緒【よつのお】 1. 4-stringed biwa (Oriental lute)
  ⇐ see: 2839141 楽琵琶【がくびわ】 1. large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku
  ⇐ see: 2424020 薩摩琵琶【さつまびわ】 1. Satsuma biwa; Satsuma lute
  ⇐ see: 2521270 平家琵琶【へいけびわ】 1. Heike biwa; Heike lute; biwa with 4 strings and 5 frets, esp. for accompanying the Heike Monogatari
  ⇐ see: 2841969 琵琶法師【びわほうし】 1. lute priest; minstrel; blind travelling biwa player dressed like a Buddhist monk
  ⇐ see: 2858890 四弦【しげん】 2. biwa
  ⇐ see: 2860258 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



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