lapis lazuli

Abbreviation

lapis lazuli (color)

Abbreviation

beryl

Abbreviation

mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail)

Rare term

glass

lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure

jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

blue-glazed roof tile

Siberian blue robin (Luscinia cyane)

blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)

red-flanked bluetail (species of flycatcher, Tarsiger cyanurus)

blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)

Colloquial

Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)

blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)