琵琶

びわ

biwa (Japanese lute)

琵琶湖

びわこ

Lake Biwa

琵琶鰉

びわひがい ビワヒガイ

Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)

琵琶行

びわこう びわゆき

biwa song

琵琶笛

びやぼん

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

琵琶鱒

びわます ビワマス

biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus), biwa salmon

薩摩琵琶

さつまびわ

Satsuma biwa (or its music)

琵琶法師

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

平家琵琶

へいけびわ

chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment

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 ビワコオオナマズ

Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

楽楽

らくらく

comfortably, easily

楽

らく

comfort, ease

極楽極楽

ごくらくごくらく

It's absolute heaven, It's sheer bliss

楽市楽座

らくいちらくざ

free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)

俗楽

ぞくがく

popular music, common people's music (as opposed to court music)

宴楽

えんらく

merrymaking, partying

弦楽

げんがく

music for strings, string music

楽想

がくそう

melodic subject, theme, motif