Word Meaning 瑠璃色

るりいろ ruriiro

瑠璃色 is read as るりいろ (ruriiro) and means lapis lazuli blue.

Meaning

English

  1. lapis lazuli blue
  2. bright blue
  3. azure

Reading

Kana

るりいろ

Romaji

ruriiro

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 2級 Rank 134333 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

瑠璃

るり

beryl

瑠璃野路子

るりのじこ

indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)

瑠璃木葉鳥

るりこのはどり

Asian fairy bluebird (Irena puella)

瑠璃立羽

るりたては

blue admiral (species of nymphalid butterfly, Kaniska canace)

瑠璃羽太

るりはた

gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki)

瑠璃貝

るりがい

elongate janthina (Janthina globosa)

瑠璃唐草

るりからくさ

nemophila (Nemophila menziesii)

瑠璃鳥

るりちょう

Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis)

瑠璃懸巣

るりかけす

Lidth's jay (Garrulus lidthi)

瑠璃雀鯛

るりすずめだい

sapphire devil (Chrysiptera cyanea, damselfish from the Indo-West Pacific)

Example Sentences

3

ふるいほんでるりいろのそらをみた。

I saw a lapis-lazuli-blue sky in an old book.

かのじょのきものはるりいろにちかい。

Her kimono is close to a lapis-lazuli blue.

かのじょはるりいろのおびをえらんだ。

She chose an obi in a lapis-lazuli blue color.