赤 (Aka) is a Japanese noun meaning “red, crimson, scarlet, red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)”.
Meanings
- noun, adjectival nounred; crimson; scarlet
- nounred-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
- nounRed (i.e. communist)often written as アカ
- nounred light (traffic)
- nounred ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
- adjectival nouncomplete; total; perfect; obvious
Examples
赤丸で囲む。
Circle in red pencil.
信号は赤だった。
The signal was red.
信号が赤になった。
The traffic light changed to red.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).