Word Meaning 琵琶法師

びわほうし biwahoushi

琵琶法師 is read as びわほうし (biwahoushi) and means lute priest.

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

びわほうし

Romaji

biwahoushi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 42 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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琵琶

びわ

biwa (Japanese lute)

琵琶湖

びわこ

Lake Biwa

琵琶行

びわこう

biwa song

琵琶の琴

びわのこと

biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)

琵琶鱒

びわます

biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus)

琵琶湖大鯰

びわこおおなまず

Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

琵琶鰉

びわひがい

Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)

法師

ほうし

layman dressed like a priest

影法師

かげぼうし

shadow figure

一寸法師

いっすんぼうし

Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)

山法師

やまぼうし

kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa)

Example Sentences

1

びわほうしがものがたりをかたった。

A biwa hoshi told a story.