The blue semiprecious stone or mineral. Often associated with a vivid deep blue.
I bought a ring set with lapis lazuli.
Specialized mineral-name use, as an abbreviation related to 吠瑠璃. Not the everyday meaning of 瑠璃.
See also: 吠瑠璃
In mineral names, ruri can refer to beryl.
small blue passerine bird; blue-and-white flycatcher; Siberian blue robin; red-flanked bluetail
Bird-name abbreviation used with or for names such as 小瑠璃, 大瑠璃, and 瑠璃鶲. It is a specialized ornithological or birdwatching use, not a general word for birds.
In birdwatching records, “ruri” may refer to birds such as the Siberian blue robin or the blue-and-white flycatcher.
Rare use meaning glass. Modern Japanese normally uses ガラス or 硝子 for this meaning.
In old texts, 瑠璃 can mean glass.
瑠璃色 explicitly means the color lapis-lazuli blue, whereas 瑠璃 alone can also mean the stone itself and only implies the color by abbreviation.
ガラス is the everyday modern word for glass, while 瑠璃 meaning glass is a rare, mostly literary or historical usage.
瑠璃 refers to the gemstone or its color, while 浄瑠璃 is a traditional Japanese narrative singing art performed with shamisen, unrelated in meaning despite sharing the kanji 瑠璃.
jōruri; dramatic narrative chanting with shamisen
beryl
blue-and-white flycatcher
Siberian blue robin
blue-glazed roof tile
lapis lazuli blue; bright blue; azure
elongate janthina; Janthina globosa
Formosan whistling thrush · blue-and-white flycatcher
eastern bluebird
Standard kanji spelling for the mineral lapis lazuli and related deep-blue color uses.
Rare attested kanji variant; 瑠璃 is the normal spelling.
No origin is specified. 瑠璃 is the conventional kanji spelling for lapis lazuli and by extension its deep blue color; 琉璃 is a rare alternate spelling.
red-flanked bluetail
Omphalodes japonica; Japanese navelwort