あか
Meanings
Noun
1. red; crimson; scarlet
2. red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
3. Red (i.e. communist)
often written as アカ
4. red light (traffic)
5. red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
Adjective (の)
6. complete; total; perfect; obvious
Noun
Abbreviation
7. copper
8. red 5-point card
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (183 in total)
bright red; bright
baby; infant
to blush; to redden
complete stranger; total stranger
baby; infant
baby; infant
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
red beard; person with a red beard; Westerner; Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
red birthmark (esp. a hemangioma)
stark naked; nude; stripped of all belongings; penniless; naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
to become red; to redden; to blush
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red
red-horned demon; red ogre
to blush; to redden
bright red; deep red
red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
purplish red
to rust; to become rusty
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 ant
reddish brown
shame; disgrace
toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox
red turnip; small red radish
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
failing mark (e.g. in exam)
complete stranger; total stranger
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
red cap; (railway) porter; redcap
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
pulp fiction; dime novel; akahon; university entrance exam workbook (published by Kyōgakusha); storybook (with red cover, Edo period); Red Guide (Michelin)
red tag (esp. one attached to sold goods or discounted products); red label; swords (playing card suit in traditional Japanese gambling decks)
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
red nose
red tide
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards
red gold
reddish brown
red brick
red brick
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
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 cloth; red background
dhole (Cuon alpinus); red wolf (Canis rufus)
bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
red light; stop light; danger signal
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
non-legal public road (denoted by a red line on cadastral maps; sometimes no longer physically existing)
red paper restaurant lantern; cheap eating and drinking place
the reds; reddish colors
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
red turnip; small red radish
dark-brown miso paste
public telephone (orig. red); payphone
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
5-point card with a red tanzaku; red ribbon card; the three 5-point cards with ribbons (high-scoring meld)
yellow with a tinge of red; orange yellow
red bell pepper; red capsicum
mercurochrome; merbromin solution
brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster); dysentery
red meat; dark meat on poultry (leg, thigh)
red deer (Cervus elaphus)
red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
redcurrant (Ribes rubrum); red currant
redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
red shiso; red perilla
red shiso; red perilla
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
red Vienna sausage
red Vienna sausage
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
red coral (Corallium japonicum)
loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
pickled sardines; dried sardines; (lit.) red sardines; (arch.) rusty and blunt sword
bronze-red
scandal sheet; gutter press; yellow press
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes); Canton danio
bright red tinged with yellow; variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
opah (Lampris guttatus); moonfish
northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)
Akasaka Prince Hotel
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
florid; ruddy
Red Queen hypothesis (of evolutionary biology)
to miniate; to paint red
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.)
bloodworm (nonbiting midge larva)
scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini); bronze hammerhead shark
red cabbage
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink)
red kidney bean
red kidney bean
vivid crimson
ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
strange thing; eccentric taste; (lit.) red eboshi
trout; Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis)
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
common house mosquito (Culex pipiens); northern house mosquito
red onion; purple onion
red snow (due to microscopic algae, yellow sand, etc.)
red-light district
redwood; sequoia
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
Izu thrush (Turdus celaenops)
red admiral (butterfly)
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
internal organs such as heart, liver, kidneys used as food
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
red kangaroo (Macropos rufus)
beaked whale; Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris)
red-necked phalarope (Phalaropus lobatus)
common redshank (Tringa totanus)
ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
red barracuda (Sphyraena pinguis); brown barracuda
Lactarius laeticolorus (edible species of lactarius mushroom)
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)
Okinawan yellow cucumber
type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes
reed tripe; beef abomasum
bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula rosacea)
red carrageen (Chondrus crispus); red carragheen; red Irish moss
red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
Neurospora crassa (species of red bread mould)
red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii)
red and white-speckled silica
Akaike information criterion; AIC
pale red tinged with grey
Central American squirrel monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
Amur falcon (Falco amurensis); eastern red-footed falcon
Longman's beaked whale (Indopacetus pacificus); Indo-Pacific beaked whale; tropical bottlenose whale
smooth dandelion (Taraxacum laevigatum)
scrub typhus mite (Leptotrombidium akamushi)
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
Fusarium ear blight; Fusarium head blight; scab
Hodgson's bat (Myotis formosus); Bartel's myotis
scarlet rosefinch (Carpodacus erythrinus); common rosefinch
red-necked wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus); Bennett's wallaby
Gaultheria adenothrix (alpine shrublet in the Ericaceae family)
red kite (Milvus milvus)
plum vinegar with perilla leaves added
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
sushi rice with red shiso and pickled cucumber (Akita specialty)
red bell pepper
golden ear (Tremella aurantia)
it's not my fault; (lit.) this red face is the alcohol's fault
winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi)
red mail bag
Akasaka Station
Akaike Station (Nagoya)
Examples (39 in total)
I prefer red.
The traffic light changed to red.
My first car was red.