To put it simply, pure joruri is vocal music that emphasizes stories and can be called a kind of narrative in which, concerning a story, the characters' words, background explanations, depictions of scenes and psychological descriptions are all expressed vocally.
浄瑠璃とは、簡単にいえば、物語性を重視した声楽で、複数の登場人物の詞（ことば）、背景説明、情景描写、心理描写などをすべて表現する「語りもの」である。