琵琶

びわ

biwa (Japanese lute)

琵琶湖

びわこ

Lake Biwa

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)

鰉

ひがい ヒガイ ちょうざめ

Sarcocheillichthys variegatus (species of minnow)

河鰉

かわひがい カワヒガイ

Sarcocheilichthys variegatus variegatus (subspecies of cyprinid)

脂鰉

あぶらひがい アブラヒガイ

Sarcocheilichthys biwaensis (species of cyprinid)