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赤い (akai)
A1 adjective
🇬🇧 English: red
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adjective

赤い (akai)

Definition

🇬🇧 English

A bright colour like blood or fire. Red is at the long wavelength end of the colour spectrum.

Grammar Notes

🇬🇧 English

Adjective. Used before nouns: 'a red rose', or after verbs: 'the apple is red'. Comparative: redder. Common collocations: red wine, red light, red card (football), red tape (bureaucracy).

Cultural Notes

🇬🇧 English

Red is one of the most emotionally powerful colours in English-speaking cultures. It signals danger (red light, red alert) but also love (red roses on Valentine's Day). 'Red tape' means unnecessary bureaucracy.

例文

壁もドアも赤い。(Kabe mo doa mo akai.)

"壁もドアも赤い。(Kabe mo doa mo akai.)"

🇬🇧 "The wall and the door are red."

秋には葉が赤くなる。(Aki ni wa ha ga akaku naru.)

"秋には葉が赤くなる。(Aki ni wa ha ga akaku naru.)"

🇬🇧 "In autumn the leaves are red."

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