琵び琶わ牧ぼく々ぼく

noun

biwa-bokuboku; yōkai with a biwa head

A yōkai from Japanese mythology that resembles a Buddhist priest with a biwa (lute) for a head. The name is onomatopoeic, mimicking the sound of a biwa.

See also: 琵琶

• 琵び琶わ牧々ぼくぼくは、鳥とり山やま石せき燕えんの画が集しゅうに描えがかれた妖よう怪かいの一ひとつだ。

  The biwa-bokuboku is one of the yōkai depicted in Toriyama Sekien's illustrated books.

• 夜よ中なかに琵び琶わの音おとが聞きこえたら、それは琵び琶わ牧々ぼくぼくの仕し業わざかもしれない。

  If you hear the sound of a biwa in the middle of the night, it might be the work of a biwa-bokuboku.