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
① 赤ん坊を親しみをこめて言った語。
① 赤くする。顔が赤くなる。
complete stranger; total stranger
baby; infant
baby; infant
reddish tinge; tinge of red; slight redness; reddishness; blush
① 鉄分を含み、黄色がかった粘り気のある土。
① 赤色の文字。② 支出が収入を上回ること。③ 文字を修正すること。
Chinese scarlet eggplant (Solanum integrifolium); tomato-fruit eggplant; tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)
① マツ科マツ属に属する常緑針葉樹、常緑高木の一種。学名:Pinus densiflora。別名、めまつ。
① 赤や茶色のひげ。その人。② 西洋人に対する蔑称。③ スズメ目ヒタキ科コマドリ属に属する鳥の一種。学名:Erithacus komadori。④ 人情味のある町医者の別称。
① 赤みを帯びたあざ、血管腫。
① 全裸であること。② 獣の皮をはいだ状態。
① トンボ科アカネ属のトンボの総称。② 以前の意味で、海軍の練習用機の俗称。
① 赤くなる。赤みがつく。
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
red; red color (colour); red-colored; red
red-horned demon; red ogre
① 赤くする。赤らめる。
bright red; deep red
red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
① 赤と紫の中間色。
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
① 根が赤色のカブ。別名、あかかぶら。② 1.の内、テーブルビートやラディッシュを指す。
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
① 落第点。特に、高等学校のテストにおいて、点数がある一定の水準に達していなかった場合を言う。
complete stranger; total stranger
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
① 鉄の表面が酸化してできる錆。
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
① 海水のプランクトンが異常増殖し赤色に変色する現象。
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)
① 地の色が赤いこと。
① ドール(Cuon alpinus)。
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
① 日本の登記上、地番が付けられてなく、登記所の地図で道とされている土地のこと。登記所の地図のもとにあたる図面において、赤で塗られていたことに由来する。道としての機能を持つものは里道とも呼ばれる。法的には国有地となる。
① 日本の登記上、地番が付けられてなく、登記所の地図で道とされている土地のこと。登記所の地図のもとにあたる図面において、赤で塗られていたことに由来する。道としての機能を持つものは里道とも呼ばれる。法的には国有地となる。
① 赤色の提灯。② 売春宿。③ 大衆居酒屋。
the reds; reddish colors
soup made with red miso paste; red miso soup
① 根が赤色のカブ。別名、あかかぶら。② 1.の内、テーブルビートやラディッシュを指す。
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
① うぐいの別称。② あかはらいもりの別称。③ 赤痢。
① 牛肉やマグロなどの生肉で、脂肪分が少なく、他の部位にくらべて赤みをおびている部位。 あかみ。② くだものなどの農産物で、赤ないし橙色をおびた食用部位。
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)
① 亀の一種。体長1.8mほど。甲羅は赤褐色で暖かい海で産卵する。肉は臭いので食用に適さない。
① いわしを塩漬けにしたり、干したりしたもの。② 赤く錆びた鈍刀。
bronze-red
scandal sheet; gutter press; yellow press
① アコウダイの異名。② ウグイの異名。
white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes); Canton danio
① 黄みがかった赤色。
① アカマンボウ目アカマンボウ科アカマンボウ属に属する魚の一種。学名:Lampris guttatus。
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)
① ハエ目カ科イエカ属に属する種で、イエカ属中日本で最もよく見られる。学名:Culex pipiens pallens
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)
① ネズミ目ネズミ科アカネズミ属に属するねずみの一種。学名:Apodemus speciosus。別名、地鼠。
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
① ほおずきの古名。
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.