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Words with 琵

Kanji 琵, meaning glissando on strings, appears in 12 Japanese vocabulary entries.

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琵琶

びわ

biwa (Japanese lute)

琵琶湖

びわこ

Lake Biwa

楽琵琶

がくびわ

large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku

薩摩琵琶

さつまびわ

Satsuma biwa

琵琶の琴

びわのこと

biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

琵琶湖大鯰

びわこおおなまず

Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

琵琶行

びわこう

biwa song

琵琶笛

びやぼん

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

琵琶法師

びわほうし

lute priest

琵琶鱒

びわます

biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)

琵琶鰉

びわひがい

Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)

平家琵琶

へいけびわ

chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment