赤（あか）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: red
Example sentences
- 信号が赤になったので止まった。 — The light turned red, so I stopped.
- 赤いりんごを一つ買った。 — I bought a red apple.
Idioms & proverbs containing “赤”
- 赤信号 (あかしんごう) — red light (traffic)
- 隣の花は赤い (となりのはなはあかい) — the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; the neighbour's flowers are redder
- 人の花は赤い (ひとのはなはあかい) — the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; other people's flowers are redder
- 赤きは酒の咎 (あかきはさけのとが) — it's not my fault; this red face is the alcohol's fault
- 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子 (ていしゅのすきなあかえぼし) — even an eccentric head of family must be obeyed
- 朱に交われば赤くなる (しゅにまじわればあかくなる) — 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; when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red
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