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)

楽琵琶

がくびわ

large 4-stringed biwa used in gagaku

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

琵琶湖大鯰

びわこおおなまず ビワコオオナマズ

Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)

箏の琴

koto

琴

きん こと そう

koto (13-stringed Japanese zither)

心の琴線

こころのきんせん

heartstrings, innermost soul

胡琴

こきん

huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)

琴瑟

きんしつ

qin and se (two different kinds of Chinese zither)

小琴

おごと しょうきん

koto (usu. small)

提琴

ていきん

tiqin (2 or 4-stringed Chinese instrument played with a bow)

弾琴

だんきん

playing on the koto