Define biwa びわ Meaning ビワ

びわ【琵琶】

(Common Noun)

1. Biwa (Japanese lute)

びわ・ビワ【枇杷】

(Noun)

1. Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica); Japanese medlar
   — Word usually written using kana alone

こきん【胡琴】

(Noun)

1. Huqin (any Chinese string instrument played with a bow)

2. Biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
   — Archaism

びわのこと【琵琶の琴】

(Noun)

1. Biwa (4 or 5-stringed Oriental lute)
   — Archaism

そう【槽】

(Noun)

1. Body (of a biwa)

こう【江】

(Noun)

1. Large river (esp. the Yangtze)
   — Archaism

2. Lake Biwa

びわこ【琵琶湖・びわ湖】

(Noun)

1. Lake Biwa

じゅう【柱】

(Noun)

1. Fret (of a biwa)

びわこう【琵琶行】

(Noun)

1. Biwa song

びわます・ビワマス【琵琶鱒】

(Noun)

1. Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); Biwa salmon
   — Word usually written using kana alone

ばちめん【撥面】

(Noun)

1. Pick-guard (protective patch on a biwa, etc.)

よつのお【四つの緒】

(Noun)

1. 4-stringed biwa (Oriental lute)
   — Archaism

らくたい【落帯】

(Noun)

1. Skin stretched on the sides of a biwa

あめのうお・アメノウオ【江鮭・雨魚】

(Noun)

1. Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus masou rhodurus); Biwa salmon
   — Word usually written using kana alone

さつまびわ【薩摩琵琶】

(Noun)

1. Satsuma biwa (or its music)

へいきょく【平曲】

(Noun)

1. Chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment

へいけびわ【平家琵琶】

(Noun)

1. Chanting of the Heike Monogatari to biwa accompaniment

まるたぶね【丸太船・丸太舟】

(Noun)

1. Wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa

2. Vessel made from logs, e.g. large dugout canoe

まるこぶね【丸子船】

(Noun)

1. Wooden transport ship used on Lake Biwa
   — Archaism

びわひがい・ビワヒガイ【琵琶鰉】

(Noun)

1. Biwa oily gudgeon (Sarcocheilichthys variegatus microoculus)
   — Word usually written using kana alone

ひらはっこう【比良八荒】

(Noun)

1. Cold wind blowing at Lake Biwa around the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

びわこおおなまず・ビワコオオナマズ【琵琶湖大鯰】

(Noun)

1. Lake Biwa catfish (Silurus biwaensis)
   — Word usually written using kana alone

ゆびわ【指輪・指環】

(Common Noun)

1. (Finger) ring

くびわ【首輪・頸環・頸輪・頚輪】

(Noun)

1. (Animal) collar

2. Necklace; Choker

ひびわれ【ひび割れ・罅割れ】

(Noun)

1. Crack; Crevice; Fissure

いぬびわ・イヌビワ【犬枇杷・天仙果】

(Noun)

1. Ficus erecta (species of ficus)
   — Word usually written using kana alone

やまびわ・ヤマビワ【山枇杷】

(Noun)

1. Meliosma rigida (species of flowering plant)
   — Word usually written using kana alone

びわしゅ【びわ酒・枇杷酒】

(Noun)

1. Loquat wine

きみわるい・きびわるい【気味悪い・気味わるい】

(I-adjective)

1. Unpleasant; Uncomfortable; Creepy; Spooky

ひびわれる【ひび割れる・罅割れる】

(Ichidan verb, intransitive)

1. To crack; To develop a crack

キュビワノ

(Noun)

1. Cubewano; Classical Kuiper belt object

こびわらい【媚笑い】

(Noun)

1. Flattering smile

しのびわらい【忍び笑い】

(Noun)

1. Stifled laugh; Chuckling; Snickering

きんのゆびわ【金の指輪】

(Noun)

1. Gold ring

ダイヤのゆびわ【ダイヤの指輪】

(Noun)

1. Diamond ring

けっこんゆびわ【結婚指輪】

(Noun)

1. Wedding ring; Wedding band

こんやくゆびわ【婚約指輪】

(Noun)

1. Engagement ring

ノミとりくびわ・のみとりくびわ【ノミ取り首輪・蚤取り首輪・のみ取り首輪】

(Noun)

1. Flea collar

くびわこうもり・クビワコウモリ【頸輪蝙蝠】

(Noun)

1. Japanese short-tailed bat (Eptesicus japonensis)
   — Word usually written using kana alone

くびわペッカリー・クビワペッカリー【首輪ペッカリー】

(Noun)

1. Collared peccary (Tayassu tajacu)
   — Word usually written using kana alone

クビワマングース

(Noun)

1. Collared mongoose (Herpestes semitorquatus)

あかくびワラビー・アカクビワラビー【赤首ワラビー】

(Noun)

1. Red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus); Bennett's wallaby
   — Word usually written using kana alone

くびわおおこうもり・クビワオオコウモリ【首輪大蝙蝠】

(Noun)

1. Ryukyu flying fox (Pteropus dasymallus); Ryukyu fruit bat
   — Word usually written using kana alone

みとめいんつきゆびわ【認印付き指輪】

(Noun)

1. Signet ring; Seal ring