あか
aka

Noun
no-Adjective

1. red; crimson; scarlet

信号 しんごう あか あいだ道路 どうろ わたるな。
shingōkiga akano aidawa dōrō wataruna.
Don't cross the road when the signal is red.
Noun

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

Noun

3. Red (i.e. communist)

Colloquial
サダムが脅威 きょういでないなどと うのは、赤 あかがかった反戦 はんせん運動 うんどう ひと たちくらい。
sadamuga kyōidenainadoto iu nowa akagakatta hansen'undōno hitotachikurai.
It's only the anti-war pinkos who say things like Saddam isn't a threat.
Noun

4. red light (traffic)

Abbreviation
Related to 赤信号
Noun

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

Abbreviation
Related to 赤字
no-Adjective

6. complete; total; perfect; obvious

Related to 赤の他人
Noun

7. copper

Abbreviation
Related to 銅【あかがね・1】
Noun

8. red 5-point card

Abbreviation
Hanafuda
Related to あかたん
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