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
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)
fine crystal; clear glass; mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds
Siberian blue robin (Luscinia cyane)
mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds
Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis); blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
cream rises to the top; great talent will stand out anywhere; (lit.) lapis lazuli and crystals shine when lit up
cream rises to the top; great talent will stand out anywhere; (lit.) you realize what things are lapis lazuli and crystal when they are lit up
beach speedwell; Veronica Longifolia
nemophila (Nemophila menziesii); baby blue-eyes
blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)
red-flanked bluetail (species of flycatcher, Tarsiger cyanurus)
blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)
Omphalodes japonica (species of flowering plant related to borage)
gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki)
Lidth's jay (Garrulus lidthi)
indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
Asian fairy bluebird (Irena puella)
superb blue-wren (Malurus cyaneus); superb fairywren; blue wren
elongate janthina (species of purple sea snail, Janthina globosa)
sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)
eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis)
Eucorydia yasumatsui (species of cockroach)