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びわ

びわ 枇杷 植物 a loquat /lóukwɑt /.

 

びわ

びわ 琵琶 楽器 a biwa ; 【説明的に 】a 4-stringed or sometimes 5-stringed lute played with a large-sized plectrum, which was introduced from China to Japan in the Nara period .▸ 琵琶を弾く play the biwa .▸ 琵琶の伴奏で平家物語を語る recite the Tale of the Heike with biwa accompaniment .