赤(あか), 紅(べに), 朱(しゅ), あか

aka

JLPT 5

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • red; crimson; scarlet
  • red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
  • Red (i.e. communist)
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赤(あか)い, 紅(あか)い, 朱(しゅ), 緋(ひ), 丹(に), 赭, あかい

akai

JLPT 5

adjective (keiyoushi)
  • red
  • Red (i.e. communist)

赤(あか)ちゃん, あかちゃん

akachan

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • baby; infant

赤(あか)ん坊(ぼう), あかんぼう, あかんぼ

akanbō, akanbo

JLPT 4

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • baby; infant

真(ま)っ赤(か), 真赤(まっか), まっか

makka

JLPT 3

adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi) noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bright red; deep red; flushed (of face)
adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
  • downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter

銅(どう), 赤金(あかがね), どう, あかがね

dō, akagane

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • copper

赤道(せきどう), せきどう

sekidō

JLPT 2

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • equator

赤字(あかじ), あかじ

akaji

JLPT 1

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
  • deficit; (being in or going into) the red
  • red text; red letters
  • corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red

赤(あか)らむ, あからむ

akaramu

JLPT 1

Godan verb with `mu` ending intransitive verb
  • to become red; to redden; to blush

赤松(あかまつ), あかまつ

akamatsu

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine

赤軍(せきぐん), せきぐん

sekigun

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • Red Army

赤外線(せきがいせん), せきがいせん

sekigaisen

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • infra-red rays

赤信号(あかしんごう), あかしんごう

akashingō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • red light (traffic)

赤旗(あかはた), あかはた

akahata

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • red flag
  • Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)

赤木(あかぎ), あかぎ

akagi

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
  • bishop wood (Bischofia javanica)
  • barked tree
  • red tree

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