biwa

English

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Etymology

From Japanese 琵琶 (びわ, biwa).

Noun

biwa (plural biwas)

1. A pear-shaped plucked lute used in the classical and traditional music of Japan.

Translations

lute

• Catalan: biwa (ca) m
• Chinese: 

  Mandarin: 日本琵琶 (cmn) (Rìběn pípa)

• Finnish: biwa (fi)

• Japanese: 琵琶 (ja) (びわ, biwa)
• Korean: 비와 (ko) (biwa)
• Malay: biwa (ms)
• Russian: бива (ru) (bíva) f (indeclinable)

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Japanese

Romanization

biwa

1. See びわ
2. See ビワ