アカ
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
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Used in vocabulary (169 in total)
red eyes; bloodshot eyes; red-eye; red mullet (Chelon haematocheilus); facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue
Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora); Japanese umbrella pine; tanyosho pine
bloodworm (Halla okadai, species of eunicid worm used as fishing bait); red mite (Trombicula akamushi); chigger mite; harvest mite
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; red color (colour); red-colored; red
redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti)
brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster); dysentery
red deer (Cervus elaphus)
red stingray (Dasyatis akajei)
red flesh (of a fish); red-fleshed fish (e.g. tuna); lean meat; heartwood
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
white cloud mountain minnow (Tanichthys albonubes); Canton danio
opah (Lampris guttatus); moonfish
northern sea nettle (Chrysaora melanaster)
(small) red dragonfly; darter (dragonfly of genus Sympetrum, esp. the autumn darter, Sympetrum frequens)
loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta)
blackthroat seaperch (Doederleinia berycoides); rosy seabass
aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics
baby; infant
baby; infant
bright red; bright
red-horned demon; red ogre
red brick
grazed skin; abraded skin; bare surface of a mountain; nakedness; nudity
scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini); bronze hammerhead shark
red river hog (Potamochoerus porcus); bush pig
baby; infant
Ryukyu robin (Erithacus komadori)
toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox
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
pickled sardines; dried sardines; (lit.) red sardines; (arch.) rusty and blunt sword
spider mite (any mite of family Tetranychidae)
Tabanus chrysurus (species of horsefly)
common house mosquito (Culex pipiens); northern house mosquito
whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn
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
bright red; deep red
red ant
reddish brown
red light (traffic); red light; signal to stop; sign of danger
purplish red
red clay; tuff loam; dark-red paint
reddish brown
shame; disgrace
red cap; (railway) porter; redcap
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
red cheeks; apple cheeks
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)
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 nose
red light; stop light; danger signal
red birthmark (esp. a hemangioma)
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
red gate (esp. at Tokyo University)
red tide
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
veined rapa whelk (Rapana venosa)
yellow with a tinge of red; orange yellow
scraped skin; graze; grazed skin
stark naked; nude; stripped of all belongings; penniless; naked barley (Hordeum vulgare var. nudum)
red bell pepper; red capsicum
mercurochrome; merbromin solution
red meat; dark meat on poultry (leg, thigh)
red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
red face; villain (in kabuki, jōruri, etc.)
red shiso; red perilla
red Vienna sausage
red Vienna sausage
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
red coral (Corallium japonicum)
Pacific ocean perch (Sebastes alutus); comb goby (Ctenotrypauchen microcephalus); Matsubara's red rockfish (Sebastes matsubarae); Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); any edible red saltwater fish
bronze-red
scandal sheet; gutter press; yellow press
bright red tinged with yellow; variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
Akasaka Prince Hotel
red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica); striated swallow (Hirundo striolata)
florid; ruddy
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.)
scoring combination consisting of the January, February and March 5-point cards
bloodworm (nonbiting midge larva)
the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; (lit.) the neighbour's flowers are redder
red cabbage
red letter style; cutesy fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in red or pink)
red kidney bean
vivid crimson
ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda)
strange thing; eccentric taste; (lit.) red eboshi
red onion; purple onion
red snow (due to microscopic algae, yellow sand, etc.)
red-light district
redwood; sequoia
red gold
Izu thrush (Turdus celaenops)
loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora); akashide
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)
type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes
bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula rosacea)
red tonguesole (Cynoglossus joyneri)
Neurospora crassa (species of red bread mould)
red ruffed lemur (Varecia rubra)
ruddy mongoose (Herpestes smithii)
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)
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)
golden ear (Tremella aurantia)
red admiral (butterfly)
internal organs such as heart, liver, kidneys used as food
red squid; neon flying squid (Ommastrephes bartramii)
red kangaroo (Macropos rufus)
Okinawan yellow cucumber
reed tripe; beef abomasum
red carrageen (Chondrus crispus); red carragheen; red Irish moss
red and white-speckled silica
Akaike information criterion; AIC
pale red tinged with grey
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
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
winter cherry (Physalis alkekengi)
red mail bag
Examples (39 in total)
I prefer red.
The traffic light changed to red.
My first car was red.