Keyword
deep red
Info
FrequencyTop 800-900
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
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KankenLevel 5
Heisig1455
Readings
こう
(47%)
べに
(19%)
(7%)
あか
(6%)
(2%)
Composed of
thread
construction
Mnemonic

There was an accident at the construction site where a bunch of steel threads holding a stack of pipes together has snapped, and the pipes fell on the worker's heads. They're all dead now, and the only thing which remains is a deep red stain on the ground...

Used in vocabulary (215 in total)
deep red; crimson; rouge; lipstick
red; crimson; Red; communist; (arch.) beautiful
deep crimson
autumn colours; fall colors; leaves turning red; red leaves; leaves turning yellow; yellow leaves; (Japanese) maple (Acer japonicum)
deep crimson
bright red; crimson lotus flower
red (color, colour)
ruby; Jonathan apple
to blush; to have flushed cheeks
red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors); two teams; two groups; Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
light pink; light crimson
red; crimson; red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange); Red (i.e. communist); red light (traffic); red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red
the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
red pickled ginger
red hair; Westerner (esp., originally, the Dutch)
cheek rouge; blusher; blush
contest between two groups; intra-squad game
rosy cheeks
red flame; (solar) prominence
autumn-leaf viewing; fall-leaf viewing
scarlet; deep crimson
safflower (Carthamus tinctorius); dyer's safflower
crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
red avadavat (Amandava amandava); strawberry finch; red munia
red iron oxide; rouge
Kōhaku Uta Gassen; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)
crimson and purple; red-purple; magenta
red food coloring; red food colouring
red pickled ginger
red pickled ginger
flamingo (Phoenicopteridae)
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
scarlet; bright red
multitude of colors; multitude of colours
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
cloud of dust; mundane world
method of dyeing, developed in Okinawa, in which a single stencil is used to produce richly polychromatic designs; traditional dyed cloth from Okinawa
red spots; erythema
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka); red salmon
feminine tears; bitter tears; tears of blood
lipstick brush; benifude (variety of Japanese apricot)
crimson mist; crimson-tinted clouds (e.g. at sunset)
family or brothel with a beautiful woman; vermillion-lacquered mansion
red snow (due to microscopic algae, yellow sand, etc.)
red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner
red flame; (solar) prominence
autumn-leaf viewing; fall-leaf viewing
powdered rouge
elephant hawk moth (Deilephila elpenor)
muddy colored lipstick or rouge
blood red; sanguine
Red Army; Chinese Workers' and Peasants' Red Army
cheek rouge; blusher; blush
Monascus purpureus (species of mold); ang-khak
(Chinese) Red Guards
early morning crowing of a rooster; brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea
red dragon tile
contest between two groups; intra-squad game
bright red tinged with yellow; variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)
one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
red silk lining
tampala; Joseph's coat; Amaranthus tricolor
steamed bun shaped like a maple leaf
Red Turban Rebellion (China; 1351-1366 CE)
blue and red; azure and crimson
red algae; Rhodophyta
purple yam; water yam (Dioscorea alata); purple fleshed sweet potato (any one of several different such); Conus pauperculus (species of cone shell)
mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza); tree with red leaves or flowers
youthful and endearing; rosy-cheeked and sweet
kōbaiyaki (senbei punched into shapes, e.g. plum)
winter plum tree with reddish blossoms
maple; scarlet-tinged ivy
first maple leaves to turn red in the season
red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; (lit.) sika deer and maple leaves (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)
grated daikon and chili; whole daikon with a chili notched inside and then grated together; grated daikon and carrot
Blue Sky, White Sun, and a Wholly Red Earth; flag of the Republic of China
sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
kōbaiyaki (senbei punched into shapes, e.g. plum)
red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)
steamed bun shaped like a maple leaf
carmine; crimson
vivid crimson
water pepper (Persicaria hydropiper f. purpurascens)
autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora); Japanese shield fern; Japanese wood fern; copper shield fern
fly agaric (species of poisonous mushroom, Amanita muscaria)
Russula (genus of mushrooms)
kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea
full-blooded tellin (Pharaonella sieboldii)
sake heated by burning fallen leaves
(nights of) fun, food, and drink; bright-light district; nightlife district
Asteraceae flowering plant (Parasenecio delphiniifolius)
northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); common cardinal
red pickled ginger
grated daikon and chili; whole daikon with a chili notched inside and then grated together; grated daikon and carrot
light crimson (dye)
immortal jellyfish (Turritopsis nutricula)
muddy colored lipstick or rouge
muddy colored lipstick or rouge
scarlet rosemallow (Hibiscus coccineus)
mangrove (of family Rhizophoraceae)
red snow crab (Chionoecetes japonicus)
kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea
kombucha; drink of northern Chinese origin made by fermentation of sweetened tea
natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; spring is beautiful; things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics
Japanese maple (Acer palmatum)
common redpoll (Carduelis flammea)
Rubus vernus (species of raspberry)
Asteraceae flowering plant (Parasenecio delphiniifolius)
northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis); common cardinal
cardinal (bird) (Cardinalis cardinalis)
red algae; Rhodophyta
pink; light red
pink; light red
Westerner (esp. the Dutch)
late Edo-period pejorative for the Dutch; (lit.) red-haired barbarian
one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men
beautiful scenery of spring
blue eyes and red hair; Westerner
one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men
Anthurium lily; flamingo lily; Anthurium
Anthurium lily; flamingo lily; Anthurium
foreign ship (originally only of Dutch ships, but later referring to all foreign ships)
Prunus cerasifera var. atropurpurea; pissard plum
red taro stems; red aroid
red taro stems; red aroid
red chestnut (horse coat color)
red globular shape; red ball signal shape (marine safety context)
rice-bran bag (used for scrubbing the skin when bathing)
ninth lunar month
eighth lunar month
visual purple; rhodopsin
benidaizu soybean; crimson soybean (trad. grown in Yamagata)
purple sulfur bacteria; purple sulphur bacteria
lipstick that actors put on their earlobes, cheeks and corners of eyes; lipstick discreetly put on the earlobes or the corners of the eyes (by women)
redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels
maple tree not yet turned red; kasane color combination (green at front and russet behind)
crocoisite; crocoite; red lead ore
piedmontite; piemontite; manganese epidote
red and white reversible cap
layered colors in garments, resembling autumn colors
comparing autumn leaves to a garment; layered garments that mimic the colours of autumn leaves (worn from the 9th to the 11th month of the lunar calendar)
comparing beautiful autumn leaves to a garment
autumn foliage front; fall foliage front
tea flavoured with jam
benigirai; (style of) ukiyo-e woodblock print which completely omits vermilion
Five-starred Red Flag; flag of China
long-tailed rosefinch (Uragus sibiricus)
sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua); redgum
red-whiskered bulbul (Pycnonotus jocosus)
Camellia japonica 'Benimyorenji' (cultivar of common camellia)
Rubus palmatus var. coptophyllus (specific variety of raspberry)
red-billed chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax)
common marshmallow (Althaea officinalis); marsh mallow
Astropecten scoparius (species of starfish)
Ceriagrion nipponicum (species of damselfly)
Monascus purpureus (species of mold); ang-khak
scarlet runner bean (Phaseolus coccineus)
fox-and-cubs (Pilosella aurantiaca); orange hawkweed; tawny hawkweed; devil's paintbrush
Senecio flammeus
red-flower ragleaf (Crassocephalum crepidioides); redflower ragleaf
Philippine ground orchid (Spathoglottis plicata); Philippine orchid; large purple orchid
sand sifting starfish (Astropecten polyacanthus); comb star
Examples (86 in total)
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