"瑠璃" meaning in All languages combined

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      "english": "azure blue",
      "roman": "rurīro",
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      "word": "瑠璃色"
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      ],
      "word": "瑠璃貝: pelagic marine snail of genus Janthina"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri kakesu",
      "word": "瑠璃懸巣: a jaybird"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Garrulus lidthi",
      "word": "Lidth's jay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a kawara tile with a glossy blue glaze, commonly used in roofing in Japan",
      "roman": "rurigawara",
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      ],
      "word": "瑠璃瓦"
    },
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      "alt": "観音",
      "roman": "Ruri Kannon",
      "word": "瑠璃観音: one of the 33 manifestation of Kannon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "the Buddha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "goddess of mercy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "depicted standing on a lotus leaf floating in the water"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "with incense in her right hand and a lotus blossom in her left hand"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "a slip containing powdered cobalt and applied to ceramics to achieve a deep blue color after firing",
      "roman": "rurigusuri",
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        [
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          "ぐすり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "瑠璃釉"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "Yakushi Nyorai",
      "word": "瑠璃光如来: another name for 薬師如来"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "the medicine Buddha"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri kon",
      "word": "瑠璃紺: a deep blue and glossy piece of lapis lazuli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a deep blue color"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "the color of lapis lazuli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri shijimi",
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          "り"
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        [
          "小灰",
          "しじみ"
        ]
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Celastrina argiolus",
      "word": "瑠璃小灰: holly blue butterfly"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri sō",
      "word": "瑠璃草: navelwort: a flowering plant of genus Omphalodes in family Boraginaceae"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "native to the mountainous regions of Honshū and Hokkaidō"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "hotaru kazura",
      "taxonomic": "Lithospermum zollingeri",
      "word": "alternate name for related plant 蛍葛"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri tateha",
      "ruby": [
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        ],
        [
          "璃",
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        [
          "蛺",
          "たては"
        ]
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Kaniska canace",
      "word": "瑠璃蛺: blue admiral butterfly"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri chō",
      "word": "瑠璃鳥: Taiwan whistling thrush"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Myophonus insularis",
      "word": "Formosan whistling thrush"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri tō",
      "word": "瑠璃灯: a kind of hexagonal lamp used in the Ōbaku sect of Zen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "covered in thin silk and containing a candela made of lapis lazuli"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "and hung in the main hall of temples"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "azure tiger's tail",
      "roman": "ruri tora no o",
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          "璃",
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          "虎",
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        [
          "尾",
          "お"
        ]
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      "taxonomic": "Veronica subsessilis",
      "word": "瑠璃虎の尾:"
    },
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      "roman": "syn. Anagallis foemina",
      "taxonomic": "Lysimachia foemina",
      "word": "瑠璃繁縷: poor man's weatherglass"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a low-growing herbaceous annual plant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruribitaki",
      "word": "瑠璃鶲: red-flanked bluetail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "orange-flanked bush-robin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Tarsiger cyanurus",
      "word": "or Siberian bluechat"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri mizokakushi",
      "word": "瑠璃溝隠: a flowering herbaceous perennial plant"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "the edging lobelia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "garden lobelia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "taxonomic": "Lobelia erinus",
      "word": "trailing lobelia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "an evergreen shrub of genus Lasianthus, native to the Izu Peninsula",
      "roman": "ruri mi no ki",
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          "実",
          "み"
        ],
        [
          "樹",
          "き"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "瑠璃実の樹"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri musukari",
      "word": "瑠璃ムスカリ: azure muscari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "a perennial bulbous plant native to Eurasia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "of genus Muscari"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "ruri yanagi",
      "word": "瑠璃柳: waxy-leaf nightshade"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "alt": "syn. of Solanum melanoxylon",
      "taxonomic": "Solanum glaucophyllum",
      "word": "a flowering shrub"
    }
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        "1": "吠%瑠%璃",
        "2": "べい%る%り"
      },
      "expansion": "吠(べい)瑠(る)璃(り) (beiruri)",
      "name": "ja-r"
    },
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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "吠瑠璃"
      },
      "expansion": "吠瑠璃 (MC bjojH lje)",
      "name": "ltc-l"
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        "2": "sa",
        "3": "वैडूर्य",
        "4": "",
        "5": "cat's eye, beryl",
        "sort": "るり"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya, “cat's eye, beryl”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "pi",
        "3": "veḷuriya",
        "4": "",
        "5": "precious stone, maybe lapis lazuli",
        "sort": "るり"
      },
      "expansion": "Pali veḷuriya (“precious stone, maybe lapis lazuli”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "und",
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      "args": {
        "1": "und",
        "2": "流離",
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  "etymology_text": "Shortened from 吠(べい)瑠(る)璃(り) (beiruri), itself from Middle Chinese 吠瑠璃 (MC bjojH lje), a phonetic transcription of Sanskrit वैडूर्य (vaiḍūrya, “cat's eye, beryl”). Some scholars suggest that the source term might instead have been Pali veḷuriya (“precious stone, maybe lapis lazuli”).",
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lapis lazuli's shine is brought out by polishing",
      "roman": "ruri no hikari mo migakigara",
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        [
          "磨",
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      "word": "瑠璃の光も磨きがら: → inborn talent is no substitute for hard work and practice"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lazuli and crystal sparkle when you shine a light on them",
      "roman": "ruri mo hari mo teraseba hikaru",
      "word": "瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光かる: → even if two things are different"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "illumination can make their excellent qualities clear"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "you can tell lazuli and crystal by shining a light on them",
      "roman": "ruri mo hari mo teraseba wakaru",
      "word": "瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば分かる: → the true nature of similar things can be discerned by different means"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "in different situations"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "lazuli is fragile",
      "roman": "ruri wa moroshi",
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      ],
      "word": "瑠璃は脆し: → a metaphor for the fragility of beautiful things"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "even lazuli gets cloudy",
      "roman": "ruri mo kumoru",
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      "word": "瑠璃も曇る: → a metaphor for how even the most excellent things lose value over time"
    }
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        "lapis lazuli"
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        "the deep blue color of lapis lazuli: azure"
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        "common name for various blue thrushes (birds) in family Muscicapidae, such as the 大瑠璃 (ōruri, “blue and white flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana”) or 小瑠璃 (koruri, “Siberian blue robin, Larvivora cyane, syn. Luscinia cyane”)"
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          "kind": "topical",
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          "name": "Geology",
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        "lazurite"
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          "geology",
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          "lazurite",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mineralogy, geology) lazurite"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "青金石"
        }
      ],
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        "chemistry",
        "geography",
        "geology",
        "mineralogy",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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      "other": "るり"
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      "other": "るり"
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      "ipa": "[ɾɯ̟ᵝɾʲi]"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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          "金",
          "きん"
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        [
          "石",
          "せき"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "青金石"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Izu Peninsula",
    "Lapis lazuli",
    "Qing Dynasty",
    "ja:大辞林",
    "ja:松村明",
    "ja:瑠璃"
  ],
  "word": "瑠璃"
}

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    "Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)",
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    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
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    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
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    {
      "english": "azure blue",
      "roman": "rurīro",
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          "璃",
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          "色",
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    {
      "roman": "rurigai",
      "ruby": [
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          "る"
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        [
          "璃",
          "り"
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        [
          "貝",
          "がい"
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      "word": "瑠璃貝: pelagic marine snail of genus Janthina"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruri kakesu",
      "word": "瑠璃懸巣: a jaybird"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Garrulus lidthi",
      "word": "Lidth's jay"
    },
    {
      "english": "a kawara tile with a glossy blue glaze, commonly used in roofing in Japan",
      "roman": "rurigawara",
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      ],
      "word": "瑠璃瓦"
    },
    {
      "alt": "観音",
      "roman": "Ruri Kannon",
      "word": "瑠璃観音: one of the 33 manifestation of Kannon"
    },
    {
      "word": "the Buddha"
    },
    {
      "word": "goddess of mercy"
    },
    {
      "word": "depicted standing on a lotus leaf floating in the water"
    },
    {
      "word": "with incense in her right hand and a lotus blossom in her left hand"
    },
    {
      "english": "a slip containing powdered cobalt and applied to ceramics to achieve a deep blue color after firing",
      "roman": "rurigusuri",
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          "釉",
          "ぐすり"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "瑠璃釉"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Yakushi Nyorai",
      "word": "瑠璃光如来: another name for 薬師如来"
    },
    {
      "word": "the medicine Buddha"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruri kon",
      "word": "瑠璃紺: a deep blue and glossy piece of lapis lazuli"
    },
    {
      "word": "a deep blue color"
    },
    {
      "word": "the color of lapis lazuli"
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    {
      "roman": "ruri shijimi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瑠",
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        [
          "璃",
          "り"
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        [
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          "しじみ"
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      ],
      "taxonomic": "Celastrina argiolus",
      "word": "瑠璃小灰: holly blue butterfly"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruri sō",
      "word": "瑠璃草: navelwort: a flowering plant of genus Omphalodes in family Boraginaceae"
    },
    {
      "word": "native to the mountainous regions of Honshū and Hokkaidō"
    },
    {
      "roman": "hotaru kazura",
      "taxonomic": "Lithospermum zollingeri",
      "word": "alternate name for related plant 蛍葛"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruri tateha",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瑠",
          "る"
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        [
          "璃",
          "り"
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        [
          "蛺",
          "たては"
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      ],
      "taxonomic": "Kaniska canace",
      "word": "瑠璃蛺: blue admiral butterfly"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruri chō",
      "word": "瑠璃鳥: Taiwan whistling thrush"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Myophonus insularis",
      "word": "Formosan whistling thrush"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruri tō",
      "word": "瑠璃灯: a kind of hexagonal lamp used in the Ōbaku sect of Zen"
    },
    {
      "word": "covered in thin silk and containing a candela made of lapis lazuli"
    },
    {
      "word": "and hung in the main hall of temples"
    },
    {
      "english": "azure tiger's tail",
      "roman": "ruri tora no o",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瑠",
          "る"
        ],
        [
          "璃",
          "り"
        ],
        [
          "虎",
          "とら"
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        [
          "尾",
          "お"
        ]
      ],
      "taxonomic": "Veronica subsessilis",
      "word": "瑠璃虎の尾:"
    },
    {
      "roman": "syn. Anagallis foemina",
      "taxonomic": "Lysimachia foemina",
      "word": "瑠璃繁縷: poor man's weatherglass"
    },
    {
      "word": "a low-growing herbaceous annual plant"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruribitaki",
      "word": "瑠璃鶲: red-flanked bluetail"
    },
    {
      "word": "orange-flanked bush-robin"
    },
    {
      "taxonomic": "Tarsiger cyanurus",
      "word": "or Siberian bluechat"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruri mizokakushi",
      "word": "瑠璃溝隠: a flowering herbaceous perennial plant"
    },
    {
      "word": "the edging lobelia"
    },
    {
      "word": "garden lobelia"
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    {
      "taxonomic": "Lobelia erinus",
      "word": "trailing lobelia"
    },
    {
      "english": "an evergreen shrub of genus Lasianthus, native to the Izu Peninsula",
      "roman": "ruri mi no ki",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "瑠",
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          "り"
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          "き"
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      ],
      "word": "瑠璃実の樹"
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    {
      "roman": "ruri musukari",
      "word": "瑠璃ムスカリ: azure muscari"
    },
    {
      "word": "a perennial bulbous plant native to Eurasia"
    },
    {
      "word": "of genus Muscari"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ruri yanagi",
      "word": "瑠璃柳: waxy-leaf nightshade"
    },
    {
      "alt": "syn. of Solanum melanoxylon",
      "taxonomic": "Solanum glaucophyllum",
      "word": "a flowering shrub"
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      "expansion": "Pali veḷuriya (“precious stone, maybe lapis lazuli”)",
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    {
      "english": "lapis lazuli's shine is brought out by polishing",
      "roman": "ruri no hikari mo migakigara",
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      "word": "瑠璃の光も磨きがら: → inborn talent is no substitute for hard work and practice"
    },
    {
      "english": "lazuli and crystal sparkle when you shine a light on them",
      "roman": "ruri mo hari mo teraseba hikaru",
      "word": "瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば光かる: → even if two things are different"
    },
    {
      "word": "illumination can make their excellent qualities clear"
    },
    {
      "english": "you can tell lazuli and crystal by shining a light on them",
      "roman": "ruri mo hari mo teraseba wakaru",
      "word": "瑠璃も玻璃も照らせば分かる: → the true nature of similar things can be discerned by different means"
    },
    {
      "word": "in different situations"
    },
    {
      "english": "lazuli is fragile",
      "roman": "ruri wa moroshi",
      "ruby": [
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      "word": "瑠璃は脆し: → a metaphor for the fragility of beautiful things"
    },
    {
      "english": "even lazuli gets cloudy",
      "roman": "ruri mo kumoru",
      "ruby": [
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      ],
      "word": "瑠璃も曇る: → a metaphor for how even the most excellent things lose value over time"
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    {
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        "common name for various blue thrushes (birds) in family Muscicapidae, such as the 大瑠璃 (ōruri, “blue and white flycatcher, Cyanoptila cyanomelana”) or 小瑠璃 (koruri, “Siberian blue robin, Larvivora cyane, syn. Luscinia cyane”)"
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    "ja:松村明",
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