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)

笛

ふえ ちゃく

flute, fife, pipe, recorder, flageolet, shakuhachi, clarinet

麦笛

むぎぶえ

wheat-straw whistle

牧笛

ぼくてき

shepherds pipe

魔笛

まてき まふえ

magic flute, The Magic Flute (by Mozart)

縦笛

たてぶえ

end-blown flute (esp. the recorder)

号笛

ごうてき

siren, whistle

鷺笛

さぎふえ

longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax), common bellowsfish, snipe-fish, snipefish, spine trumpet fish, trumpetfish

警笛

けいてき

horn, alarm, whistle, foghorn