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真っ赤っか (makkakka) Japanese meaning: very bright red | Kotomora
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The sky turned a deep, bright red at sunset.
He was so embarrassed that his face was extremely flushed.
Kanji 真 true, reality, Buddhist sect Related words 真ま っ 赤か 真っ赤 is the standard form meaning 'bright red' or 'flushed', and can also mean 'downright' (lie). 真っ赤っか is an emphatic, colloquial variant with a stronger, more vivid nuance.
Written forms 真ま っ 赤か っか Usage 69%
Most common kanji-kana mixed spelling.
まっかっか Usage 31%
真ま っ 赤か っ 赤か
Variant with repeated kanji; less common but seen.
まっ 赤か っ 赤か
Mixed kana-kanji variant; rare.
真ま っかっか
Kana-heavy spelling; common in casual writing.
Etymology Emphatic reduplication of 真っ赤 (まっか), with the final syllable reduplicated for intensification. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it follows a common colloquial pattern of emphatic repetition.
