Keyword
red
Info
FrequencyTop 300-400
Type
Kyōiku (1st grade) 
?
KankenLevel 10
Heisig1880
Readings
あか
(79%)
(14%)
せき
(4%)
Composed of
one
bloody knife
Mnemonic components
earth
bloody knife
Mnemonic

A bloody knife stained the earth red with all of the blood dripping from it.

Used in kanji (4 in total)
pardon
incandescent
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get red
Used in vocabulary (469 in total)
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
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
baby; infant
blushing; getting red in the face; embarrassment
to blush; to redden
dark red; dark brown; reddish brown
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
red hair; ginger hair
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red; communism; the left
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
complete stranger; total stranger
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
to become red; to redden; to blush
bright red; bright
bright red; deep red
infrared rays; infrared radiation
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to be tinged red
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
to turn reddish-brown; to turn rufous; to become discolored; to become discoloured
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 rice (beans and mochi) for auspicious occasions
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
reddish brown; rufous
red-horned demon; red ogre
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
shakudo; gold-copper alloy, often with a blue patina
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
shame; disgrace
red blood cell; erythrocyte
reddish brown
tinged with red; reddish
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
complete lie; outright lie
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 cloth; red background
bishop wood (Bischofia javanica); barked tree; red tree
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 Army (Soviet Union, 1918-1946); Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
dysentery
red cheeks; apple cheeks
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
red ball; amber; (arch.) patent medicine; brand of sweet wine
red cap; (railway) porter; redcap
red light (esp. on emergency vehicles)
stark naked; nude; bare; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
troops outfitted with red armor (Sengoku and Edo periods)
sincerity; true heart; devotion
baby talk; baby language; babbling
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
baby; infant
draft papers; call-up notice; red paper
to rust; to become rusty
extreme poverty
to be tinged red
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)
making a loss; incurring a deficit
red light; stop light; danger signal
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
red meat; reddish meat
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
complete lie; outright lie
deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red
baby; infant
far-infrared rays; far-infrared radiation; FIR
yak hair dyed red; red hair; frizzled fake hair; curly fake hair
Sovietize; Sovietise; turning red; become communistic
the reds; reddish colors
red cloud; comet
shame; disgrace
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
red blanket; country bumpkin
blood clam (Scapharca broughtonii); ark shell
toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox
to blush; to redden
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
tinged with red; reddish
people are formed by their surroundings; walk with the wise and become wise; associate with fools and get in trouble
dark-brown miso paste
low latitudes; equatorial region
red tag (esp. one attached to sold goods or discounted products); red label; swords (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
infantile regression
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
red birthmark (esp. a hemangioma)
public telephone (orig. red); payphone
yellow with a tinge of red; orange yellow
dhole (Cuon alpinus); red wolf (Canis rufus)
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
red leather; red-dyed leather
rubefaction (reddening of the skin)
rice that has browned (due to age); variety of low-quality foreign rice; red rice (ancient variety of rice); red-kerneled rice
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
deficit-covering (government) bond
red turnip; small red radish
red bell pepper; red capsicum
mercurochrome; merbromin solution
amoebic dysentery; amebic dysentery; amoebiasis
copper (Cu)
sincerity; true heart; devotion
scraped skin; graze; grazed skin
ceremony to celebrate crossing the equator
seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west)
Japanese evergreen oak (Quercus acuta)
communist hunting; red-baiting
bright red; bright
red meat; dark meat on poultry (leg, thigh)
red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)
to rust; to become rusty
equatorial telescope
unlucky for all activities, with only the period around noon being auspicious
fish having red flesh (e.g. maguro, katsuo, saba, iwashi)
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
red shiso; red perilla
red coral (Corallium japonicum)
baby hatch (for unwanted newborns); foundling wheel
bare handed
stark naked; nude; stripped of all belongings; penniless; naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
complete lie; outright lie
to blush; to redden
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
erythroblast (immature nucleate erythrocyte)
any brown or reddish-brown frog (esp. of family Ranidae); Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica); brown frog
red turnip; small red radish
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
rhesus monkey (Macaca mulatta); rhesus macaque
menstruation
loss-making line (railway, bus, etc.); unprofitable route
willowherb (Epilobium pyrricholophum); safflower red; kimono color combination (crimson outside, bluish purple inside)
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
Coalition Red Army (defunct Japanese armed militant group)
(Jupiter's) Great Red Spot
Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)
near infrared ray; near infrared radiation
Japanese Red Army; JRA
red fox (Vulpes vulpes)
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
scraped skin; graze; grazed skin
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)
brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster); dysentery
losses; deficit; amount in the red
shigella (dysentery bacillus)
loss-making corporation; money-losing enterprise; lossmaker
red traffic violation ticket (designating a serious violation); third-class ticket
red Vienna sausage
pickled sardines; dried sardines; (lit.) red sardines; (arch.) rusty and blunt sword
red cheeks; apple cheeks
red deer (Cervus elaphus)
barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something)
scandal sheet; gutter press; yellow press
red vinegar made from fermented sake lees; plum vinegar with perilla leaves added
bright red tinged with yellow; variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
baby talk; baby language
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
right ascension
yellowish red; poppy red
red turnip; small red radish
red birthmark (esp. a hemangioma)
vermillion stick; red ink
Akasaka Prince Hotel
bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
red Vienna sausage
shigellosis; bacillary dysentery
extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
red dora; red suited tile that doubles the score of any hand (usu. a five of each suit)
naked; nude; unvarnished (e.g. truth); plain (e.g. fact); frank
florid; ruddy
Equatorial Guinea
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
erythrophobia; fear of blushing
anko-coated mochi (from Ise, Mie pref.)
erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ESR
Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
tiger keelback (Rhabdophis tigrinus)
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
red sea bream (i.e. the tai, Pagrus major); fish given to a tournament winner as congratulations
amoebic dysentery; amebic dysentery; amoebiasis
red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink)
bloodworm (nonbiting midge larva)
red-black tree; self-balancing binary search tree
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); red rockfish; red scorpionfish
sickle cell anemia (anaemia); sickle cell disease
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) the neighbour's flowers are redder
brown bear (esp. the Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus)
vivid crimson
red soil aggregate; akadama; clay-like volcanic ash soil (used for bonsai, etc.)
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
redwood; sequoia
complete lie; outright lie
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
polycythaemia; polycythemia; hypercythaemia; hypercythemia; erythrocytosis
red phosphorus
even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
bronze-red (colour, color)
ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
red-clawed crab (Chiromantes haematocheir)
red snow (due to microscopic algae, yellow sand, etc.)
red-light district (marked by a red line on police maps)
red onion; purple onion
complete lie; outright lie
declination
orange-red; reddish orange; fire red
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
sickle cell disease; sickle cell anemia (anaemia)
red shiso; red perilla
trout; Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)
strange thing; eccentric taste; (lit.) red eboshi
very bright red; deep red; extremely flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
complete lie; outright lie
complete lie; outright lie
chogori; jeogori; short jacket traditionally worn by Koreans
Quercus gilva (species of oak)
infantile regression
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
red shiso; red perilla
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus); mallotus bark (herbal medicine)
starry handfish (Halieutaea stellata)
white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes); Canton danio
northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)
great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)
opah (Lampris guttatus); moonfish
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
tropical fire ant (Solenopsis geminata)
Japanese sea fig (Ficus superba var. japonica)
scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards
extremely indigent; extremely poor; in dire poverty; as poor as a church mouse
bloodworm (nonbiting midge larva)
facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini); bronze hammerhead shark
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
common house mosquito (Culex pipiens); northern house mosquito
red onion; purple onion
northern shrimp (Pandalus borealis); sweet shrimp; northern pink prawn; red shrimp; Maine shrimp
red tassel hung above the southeast corner of the ring
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
to take candy from a baby; to accomplish something with ease; (lit.) to twist a baby's arm
baby; subject; people
redlip mullet (Chelon haematocheilus)
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
crestfish (Lophotus capellei); unicornfish
red phosphorus
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris)
Izu thrush (Turdus celaenops)
reddish; tinged with red; rufous
reddish; tinged with red; rufous
red admiral (butterfly)
the Red Peril
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
late Edo-period pejorative for Russians
internal organs such as heart, liver, kidneys used as food
internal organs such as heart, liver, kidneys used as food
Red Crystal (politically and religiously neutral emblem used by the International Committee of the Red Cross)
beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
Lactarius laeticolorus (edible species of lactarius mushroom)
erythroblastosis (abnormal presence of erythroblasts in the blood)
winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi)
rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
rubefacient (substance that causes redness of skin)
rubefaction (reddening of the skin)
federal (budget) deficit
red-eyed puffer (Takifugu chrysops)
Okinawan yellow cucumber
reed tripe; beef abomasum
burning sun
red carrageen (Chondrus crispus); red carragheen; red Irish moss
cuprite; red copper; red copper ore
haemagglutination; hemagglutination
Gymnosporangium rust (plant infection)
loss-making business; company operating in the red
trade deficit with Japan
hair tied with red yak's tail hair
great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people
red and white-speckled silica
pale red tinged with grey
near infrared; NIR
spearflower (Ardisia japonica)
equatorial countercurrent
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) other people's flowers are redder
plum vinegar with perilla leaves added
red mud; bauxite tailings; red sludge
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
red bell pepper
it's not my fault; (lit.) this red face is the alcohol's fault
it's not my fault; (lit.) this red face is the alcohol's fault
Onagraceae (evening primrose family)
Akaike Station (Nagoya)
Culex tritaeniorhynchus (species of mosquito)
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
flathead flounder (Hippoglossoides dubius)
red kangaroo (Macropos rufus)
Japanese brown frog (Rana japonica)
red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
common redshank (Tringa totanus)
ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
red barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis); brown barracuda
red barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis); brown barracuda
Eurasian linnet (Carduelis cannabina)
red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Harris's hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus); Harris hawk
Formica sanguinea (species of red wood ant)
blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)
large Japanese field mouse (Apodemus speciosus)
red-masked and black-masked gods (folk belief of the Yaeyama Islands); harvest festival celebrating these gods (held in the 6th lunar month)
red-legged partridge (Alectoris rufa)
red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)
red wattlebird (Anthochaera carunculata)
type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes
bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula rosacea)
red jungle fowl (Gallus gallus)
red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
Neurospora crassa (species of red bread mould)
lesser spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos minor)
red-bellied lemur (Eulemur rubriventer)
red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii)
Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae)
elk (Cervus canadensis); wapiti
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
Raggiana bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana); Count Raggi's bird-of-paradise
Chinese sparrowhawk (Accipiter soloensis); gray frog hawk; grey frog hawk
Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon
white-backed woodpecker (Dendrocopos leucotos)
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)
scrub typhus mite (Leptotrombidium akamushi)
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis
scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus); common rosefinch
red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus); Bennett's wallaby
devil weed (Sargassum horneri)
Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)
red kite (Milvus milvus)
golden ear (Tremella aurantia)
Examples (200 in total)
Your lips are red.
Can you see something red down below?
Your eyes are red with crying.