Kanji
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Frequency47%
Used in (107 in total)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
deep crimson
red (color, colour)
ruby; Jonathan apple
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)
red flame; (solar) prominence
contest between two groups; intra-squad game
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
crimson and purple; red-purple; magenta
rosy cheeks
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
scarlet; deep crimson
cloud of dust; mundane world
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
multitude of colors; multitude of colours
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
scarlet; bright red
crimson mist; crimson-tinted clouds (e.g. at sunset)
family or brothel with a beautiful woman; vermillion-lacquered mansion
red snow (due to microscopic algae, yellow sand, etc.)
red spots; erythema
red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner
feminine tears; bitter tears; tears of blood
powdered rouge
blood red; sanguine
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
early morning crowing of a rooster; brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)
(Chinese) Red Guards
kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea
contest between two groups; intra-squad game
one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face
tampala; Joseph's coat; Amaranthus tricolor
mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza); tree with red leaves or flowers
Red Turban Rebellion (China; 1351-1366 CE)
red algae; Rhodophyta
blue and red; azure and crimson
kōbaiyaki (senbei punched into shapes, e.g. plum)
youthful and endearing; rosy-cheeked and sweet
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
winter plum tree with reddish blossoms
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth; flag of the Republic of China
carmine; crimson
(nights of) fun, food, and drink; bright-light district; nightlife district
one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men
autumn foliage front; fall foliage front
one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men
redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels
red globular shape; red ball signal shape (marine safety context)
visual purple; rhodopsin
red and white reversible cap
eighth lunar month
purple sulfur bacteria; purple sulphur bacteria
tea flavoured with jam
Five-starred Red Flag; flag of China
piedmontite; piemontite; manganese epidote
pink; light red
blue eyes and red hair; Westerner
cardinal (bird) (Cardinalis cardinalis)
late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch; (lit.) red-haired barbarian
red algae; Rhodophyta
beautiful scenery of spring
crocoisite; crocoite; red lead ore
northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); common cardinal
Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata); Philippine orchid; large purple orchid
Senecio flammeus
fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca); orange hawkweed; tawny hawkweed; devil's paintbrush
red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
Westerner (esp. the Dutch)
foreign ship (originally only of Dutch ships, but later referring to all foreign ships)