信号が赤になった。
The traffic light turned red.
She was wearing a red dress.
red-containing color; reddish
Refers to colors that contain red, such as brown, pink, or orange. Often used in compound words or descriptive phrases.
This brown has a strong red tone.
Colloquial term for a communist or leftist, often written in katakana as アカ. Can be derogatory depending on context.
I heard he used to be a communist.
Abbreviation of 赤信号. Used in everyday speech to refer to a red traffic light.
See also: 赤信号
Please stop at the red light.
Only when written 赤
Abbreviation of 銅 (あかがね). Rare and archaic; limited to the kanji form 赤.
See also: 銅 (あかがね)
In old language, 赤 meant copper.
The light turned red, so I stopped the car.
Please stop at the red light.
Sales fell this year and we went into the red.
The teacher marked the mistakes in red.
赤 is the general, everyday word for red, while 緋 names a specific vivid, deep scarlet shade used in traditional or poetic contexts.
red; red color · communist; socialist; left-wing
baby; infant
red flag · Red Flag (newspaper)
red wine
Japanese red pine; Pinus densiflora
red hair; ginger hair
red light (traffic) · red light; stop signal; danger sign
red flesh (fish); red-fleshed fish; lean meat · heartwood
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica) · barked tree · red tree
reddish tinge; slight redness; blush
pulling down one's eyelid and sticking out one's tongue
red eyes; bloodshot eyes · red-eye (in photography) · red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus) · akanbe (facial gesture)
blush; redden (one's face)
red clay; red earth; laterite · dark-red paint
pulp fiction; dime novel · akahon; university entrance exam workbook (Kyōgakusha) · Edo-period storybook with red cover · Michelin Red Guide
draft papers; call-up notice · red paper
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
red dragonfly · darter; meadowhawk
dark-brown miso paste; red miso
red nose
red cap; red hat · railway porter; redcap
red tide
bright red; deep red
red gate; Akamon (gate of the University of Tokyo)
red cloth; red background
blood clam; ark shell
red face; flushed face
Out-dated kanji for scarlet; rarely used in modern Japanese.