Word Meaning 薩摩琵琶

さつまびわ satsumabiwa

薩摩琵琶 is read as さつまびわ (satsumabiwa) and means Satsuma biwa.

Meaning

English

  1. Satsuma biwa
  2. Satsuma lute

Reading

Kana

さつまびわ

Romaji

satsumabiwa

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 56 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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薩摩芋

さつまいも

sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas)

薩摩汁

さつまじる

miso soup with pork or chicken (originally boned chicken chunks) with daikon, carrots, great burdock or sweet potatoes

薩摩焼

さつまやき

Satsuma porcelain

薩摩

さつま

Satsuma (former province located in the west of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture)

薩摩の守

さつまのかみ

traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)

薩摩閥

さつまばつ

Satsuma clan

薩摩揚げ

さつまあげ

satsuma-age

琵琶

びわ

biwa (Japanese lute)

平家琵琶

へいけびわ

chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment

楽琵琶

がくびわ

large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku

琵琶湖

びわこ

Lake Biwa