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瑠璃

琉璃
るり
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
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浄瑠璃

じょうるり
type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with the Japanese puppet theater)
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人形浄瑠璃

にんぎょうじょうるり
Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)
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瑠璃唐草

るりからくさ、ルリカラクサ
nemophila (Nemophila menziesii); baby blue-eyes
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操浄瑠璃

操り浄瑠璃
あやつりじょうるり
old name for the bunraku
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瑠璃色

るりいろ
lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure
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山瑠璃草

やまるりそう、ヤマルリソウ
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
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瑠璃野路子

るりのじこ、ルリノジコ
indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
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瑠璃雀鯛

るりすずめだい、ルリスズメダイ
sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)
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瑠璃鳥

るりちょう
Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis); blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)