赤

Meaning

赤 centers on the color red, including its associated qualities like brightness or being vivid. It is the basic term for red in Japanese.

• 赤あか
  N5

  red; crimson; scarlet

• 赤いあかい
  N5

  red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion

• 赤ちゃんあかちゃん
  N4

  baby; infant

• 赤字あかじ
  N2

  (being in) the red; deficit

• 真っ赤まっか
  N3

  bright red; deep red; flushed (of face)

• 赤色あかいろ

  red; red color

• 赤ん坊あかんぼう
  N4

  baby; infant

• 赤外線せきがいせん

  infrared rays; infrared radiation

• 赤旗あかはた

  red flag

• 赤ワインあかワイン

  red wine

• 赤松あかまつ

  Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine

• 赤子あかご

  baby; infant

• 赤毛あかげ

  red hair; ginger hair

• 赤面せきめん
  N1

  blushing; getting red in the face

• 赤十字せきじゅうじ

  Red Cross

• 赤道せきどう
  N3

  equator

• 赤信号あかしんごう

  red light (traffic)

• 赤身あかみ

  red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat

• 赤軍せきぐん

  Red Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army

• 赤ずきんあかずきん

  Little Red Riding Hood

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