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    3. 琵琶

    琵琶

    琵び琶わ

    biwa (Japanese lute)

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    びわ

    Noun

    1.
    biwa (Japanese lute)

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    彼かの女じょは琵び琶わを弾ひくのが得とく意いだ。

    She is good at playing the biwa.

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    琵び琶わの音ね色いろは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな美うつくしさを感かんじさせる。

    The sound of the biwa evokes traditional Japanese beauty.

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    琵び琶わの演えん奏そう会かいで、その深しん遠えんな音ね色いろに魅み了りょうされた。

    I was captivated by the profound sound of the biwa at the concert.

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    琵び琶わは、日に本ほんの古こ典てん芸げい能のうにおいて重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になってきた楽がっ器きだ。

    The biwa is an instrument that has played an important role in Japanese classical performing arts.

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    平へい家けも物のが語たりは、琵び琶わ法ほう師しによって語かたり継つがれてきた。

    The Tale of the Heike has been handed down by biwa-playing monks.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    琵
    glissando on strings・lute
    琶
    lute
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