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