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赤あか

Kana あか Romaji aka

JLPT N5 Common word

Definitions

01noun · no-adjective

02noun

red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)

03noun

colloquial

Red (i.e. communist)

often written as アカ

04noun

abbreviation

red light (traffic)

05noun

abbreviation

red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

06no-adjective

07noun

Only 赤 abbreviation

copper

08noun

abbreviationhanafuda

red 5-point card

Examples

信号機が赤の間は道路を渡るな。

Don't cross the road when the signal is red.

Tatoeba #145704

サダムが脅威でないなどと言うのは、赤がかった反戦運動の人達くらい。

It's only the anti-war pinkos who say things like Saddam isn't a threat.

Tatoeba #74141

赤丸で囲む。

Circle in red pencil.

Tatoeba #142143

Other forms

紅朱緋 (word containing out-dated kanji or kanji usage)

Source

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