I Love Kanji赤い (akai)
赤い (あかい, akai) is a Japanese い-adjective meaning “red; crimson”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- あかい
- Romaji
- akai
- Word class
- い-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion · い-adjective · esp. 紅い for scarlet, 朱い for vermilion
- Red; communist · い-adjective · colloquial
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 赤い
い-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present | 赤い | あかい akai |
| Negative | 赤くない | あかくない akakunai |
| Past | 赤かった | あかかった akakatta |
| Negative past | 赤くなかった | あかくなかった akakunakatta |
| Te-form | 赤くて | あかくて akakute |
| Adverb (~ku) | 赤く | あかく akaku |
| Conditional (~ba) | 赤ければ | あかければ akakereba |
Kanji in 赤い
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 赤い.
赤あかred赤ん坊あかんぼうbaby赤ちゃんあかちゃんbaby真っ赤まっかbright red赤道せきどうequator赤字あかじ(being in) the red赤らむあからむto become red
Source: JMdict entry 1383240 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.