noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
Literally 'red hair'; can refer to the hair itself or describe something as red-haired.
She has naturally red hair.
Archaic term for Westerners, especially Dutch traders, derived from their red hair. Now only encountered in historical contexts.
See also: 紅毛人
紅毛の人物が絵に描かれている。
A red-haired person is depicted in the painting.
During the Edo period, the red-haired foreigners (Dutch) stayed on Dejima.
foreign ship (historical); Dutch ship (early use)
blue eyes and red hair; Westerner
red-haired and blue-eyed person; Westerner
Borrowed from Chinese 紅毛, “red-haired,” an early East Asian designation for Europeans. In Edo-period Japanese it became especially associated with the Dutch.