| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 浄瑠璃 | じょうるり | ballad drama; drama narrator for the bunraku theatre (theater) |
| 瑠璃 | 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 |
| 人形浄瑠璃 | にんぎょうじょうるり | old name for bunraku |
| 操浄瑠璃 | あやつりじょうるり | old name for the bunraku |
| 操り浄瑠璃 | あやつりじょうるり | old name for the bunraku |
| 瑠璃色 | るりいろ | lapis lazuli blue, bright blue, azure |
| 瑠璃唐草 | るりからくさ | baby blue-eyes (name of plant) |
| 瑠璃虎の尾 | るりとらのお | beach speedwell, Veronica Longifolia |
| 大瑠璃 | おおるり, オオルリ | blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) |
| 小瑠璃 | こるり, コルリ | Siberian blue robin (Luscinia cyane) (Erithacus cyane?) |
