Examples of 'biwa' in a sentence

Meaning of "biwa"

biwa (noun) - a Japanese musical instrument that resembles a lute or mandolin. It has a pear-shaped body and is used in traditional Japanese music and performances
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  • A plucked lute, originating in the classical and traditional music of Japan, characterized by a pear-shaped body and four or five high frets, giving the instrument a distinctively twangy tone.

How to use "biwa" in a sentence

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Playing the biwa is how we earn a living.
You are a priest who plays the biwa.
Do not see that biwa priest again.
For relaxing on the beaches of lake biwa.
Never see that biwa priest again.
Biwa tecnique is from north india and nepal.
The first shamisen players were biwa players.
To study the biwa lute under a lesser master.
I have never played on a biwa before.
The biwa certainly sounds like no other instrument.
You play the biwa beautifully.
Biwa and the singing voice.
He plays the biwa beautifully.
Wish to try and become a human being similar to this biwa.
Many here were biwa hōshi.

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He is excellent swordsman who carries a sword inside his biwa.
That biwa player.
The plectrum also contributes to the texture of biwa music.
Take your biwa and come with me to our house at once.
She lives in a monastery and is learning to play the biwa.
Take your biwa and come with me to our manor at once.
I happen to like this biwa.
T ake your biwa and come with me to our house at once.
Here is the biwa.
The biwa hōshi.
There is his biwa.
What an honor for a biwa priest to perform at an event like this.
Biwa meeting room.
When kyoto and lake biwa are connected by the canal.
Benten is most often seen carrying a musical instrument called a biwa.
Other types of biwa were created in response to the wished of certain performers.
The type locality is the lake Biwa.
You can not play biwa if you just depend on the strings.
Statue of the goddess Benzaiten playing the biwa.
We can not have biwa priests going around keeping those songs alive.
I doubt if you appreciated the subtle tones of the Biwa.
The sound of the biwa has long accompanied folk tales and war stories.
This story has become as one of the stories played by Satsuma biwa.
Heikyoku and biwa hōshi became immensely popular for the next several hundred years.
Figure is carrying a Biwa is impressive.
Lake Biwa could be seen from where we were standing.
The origin of the biwa is the Chinese pipa.
Lake Biwa is an important place for water birds.
Its plectrum is the same as that used for the Satsuma biwa.
The Biwa can produce very small short glissandi.
All contribute to the tones in a balanced manner to uphold the body of the Biwa.
The biwa is a type of lute derived from the Chinese pipa.
I will play the biwa as long as I live.
Biwa is the largest lake of the Country of the rising sun.
We will have to head to Lake Biwa instead.

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