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赤 (あか) — red | JLPT N5 · Nihongo Circle

赤

あか

N5

particle

Meanings

1red
2crimson
3scarlet
4red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)
5Red (i.e. communist)
6red light (traffic)
7red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading)
8(in) the red

Example sentence

信号が赤になりました。

しんごうがあかになりました。

The traffic light turned red.

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Kanji in this word

赤Red7 strokes

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