red; crimson; scarlet; Red; communist
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
red; red color; communist; socialist; left-wing
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
complete stranger; total stranger
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
to become red; to redden; to blush
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
red-horned demon; red ogre
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
red ball; amber; (arch.) patent medicine; brand of sweet wine
red clay; red earth; laterite; dark-red paint
great shame (endured in the public eye); deep embarrassment; profound humiliation; utter disgrace
troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)
red cap; (railway) porter; redcap
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
red line; red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps); non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
red cloth; red background
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
Anne of Green Gables (novel by L. M. Montgomery)
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
red blanket; country bumpkin
baby talk; baby language; babbling
Bodianus cylindriatus (species of hogfish)
draft papers; call-up notice; red paper
(small) red dragonfly; darter (any dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens); meadowhawk
dhole (Cuon alpinus); red wolf (Canis rufus)
red tag (esp. one attached to sold goods or discounted products); red label; swords (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
red light; stop light; danger signal
to be meant for each other (of a man and woman); to be connected through fate; to be destined to marry (each other); (lit.) to be tied by the red string (of fate)
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
making a loss; incurring a deficit
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
great shame (endured in the public eye); deep embarrassment; profound humiliation; utter disgrace
people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer; (lit.) when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red
akabeko; toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox
red paper lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
red birthmark (esp. a hemangioma)
red leather; red-dyed leather
red turnip; small red radish
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
rice that has browned (due to age); variety of low-quality foreign rice; red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice
public telephone (orig. red); payphone
yellow with a tinge of red; orange yellow
red bell pepper; red capsicum
sudden increase (e.g. in ranking, popularity or sales); rapid rise (e.g. to fame or power)
red horse; menstruation; fire; conflagration
stark naked; nude; stripped of all belongings; penniless; naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
mercurochrome; merbromin solution
scraped skin; graze; grazed skin
Japanese evergreen oak (Quercus acuta)
communist witch-hunt; red-baiting; red scare
fish having red flesh (e.g. maguro, katsuo, saba, iwashi)
red Fuji; Mount Fuji appearing red because of the sun's rays (typically in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)
red meat; dark meat on poultry (leg, thigh)
red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
brown sugar; unrefined brown sugar
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
deficit-covering (government) bond
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
any brown or reddish-brown frog of the family Ranidae; Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
baby hatch (for unwanted newborns); baby drop-off
willowherb (Epilobium pyrricholophum); safflower red; kimono color combination (crimson outside, bluish purple inside)
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta); rhesus macaque
red coral (Corallium japonicum)
brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster); dysentery
red traffic violation ticket (designating a serious violation); third-class ticket
loss-making line (railway, bus, etc.); unprofitable route
loss-making corporation; money-losing enterprise; lossmaker
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
pickled sardines; dried sardines; (lit.) red sardines; rusty and blunt sword
scandal sheet; gutter press; yellow press
beniaka; variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh; product of the Kawagoe region; bright red tinged with yellow
red vinegar made from fermented sake lees; plum vinegar with perilla leaves added
starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)
losses; deficit; amount in the red
vermillion stick; red ink
red deer (Cervus elaphus)
Red Flag Incident (suppression and arrest of participants of anarcho-communist rally in Tokyo; June 22, 1908)
Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)
red dora; red suited tile that doubles the score of any hand (usu. a five of each suit)
anko-coated mochi (from Ise, Mie pref.)
to turn red; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to redden; to blush
bloodworm (Halla okudai); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
red clover (Trifolium pratense); purple clover
loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
brown bear (esp. the Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus)
red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major); fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
red-black tree; self-balancing binary search tree
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) the neighbour's flowers are redder
red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink)
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
trout; Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
strange thing; eccentric taste; (lit.) red eboshi
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
bronze-red (colour, color)
red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps)
red snow (due to microscopic algae, yellow sand, etc.)
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); mallotus bark (herbal medicine)
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
bloodworm (nonbiting midge larva)
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) other people's flowers are redder
loss-making business; company operating in the red
red-eyed puffer (Takifugu chrysops)
reddish; tinged with red; rufous
slip to cancel existing transactions; business slip for canceling an invoice
internal organs such as heart, liver, kidneys used as food
reed tripe; beef abomasum
red carrageen (Chondrus crispus); red carragheen; red Irish moss
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
Innocents Abroad (novel by Mark Twain)
democracy deficit; democratic deficit
pale red tinged with grey
red and white-speckled silica
Akaike information criterion; AIC
if everyone crosses against the red light together, there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
spearflower (Ardisia japonica)
Gymnosporangium rust (plant infection)
it's not my fault; (lit.) this red face is the alcohol's fault
red tassel hung above the southeast corner of the ring
dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus)
Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)
paradise shelduck (Tadorna variegata); paradise duck; pūtangitangi
plum vinegar with perilla leaves added
Lactarius laeticolorus (edible species of lactarius mushroom)
Izu thrush (Turdus celaenops); Izu Islands thrush
Onagraceae (evening primrose family)
beaked whale (esp. Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris)
red-clawed crab (Chiromantes haematocheir)
ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes); Canton danio
northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)
scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards
opah (Lampris guttatus); moonfish
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
montane brown frog (Rana ornativentris); Nikkō frog
pond slider (Trachemys scripta); red-eared slider turtle
scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini); bronze hammerhead shark
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
Asian hornet (Vespa velutina); Asian predatory wasp
common house mosquito (Culex pipiens); northern house mosquito
northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
crestfish (Lophotus capellei); unicornfish
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
Sakhalin spruce (Picea glehnii); Glehn's spruce
painted lady (Vanessa cardui); thistle butterfly
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus); common rosefinch
Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)
red barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis); brown barracuda
Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon
Culex tritaeniorhynchus (species of mosquito)
red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus); Bennett's wallaby
red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)
common redshank (Tringa totanus)
red kangaroo (Osphranter rufus)
ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii)
Indian red admiral (Vanessa indica); Asian admiral
smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)
golden ear (Tremella aurantia)
Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana); Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise
elk (Cervus canadensis); wapiti
blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
chestnut-eared bunting (Emberiza fucata); grey-headed bunting
red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
Formica sanguinea (species of red wood ant)
red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis); gray frog hawk; grey frog hawk
Dybowski's frog (Rana dybowskii)
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis
red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)
Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus); Harris hawk
large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
flathead flounder (Hippoglossoides dubius)
bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula rosacea)
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
scrub typhus mite (Leptotrombidium akamushi)
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata)
ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes
devil weed (Sargassum horneri)
red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea); ruddy sheldrake
Ezo brown frog (Rana pirica); Hokkaidō frog
Azolla imbricata (species of water fern)
Neurospora crassa (species of red bread mould)
red ring skirt (Hestina assimilis)
winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi)