JLPT N3 · な-adjective

真っ赤 (makka)

真っ赤 (まっか, makka) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “bright red; deep red”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: まっか
Romaji: makka
Word class: な-adjective
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

bright red; deep red; flushed (of face) · な-adjective, noun
downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter · な-adjective

Example sentences

真っ赤な夕焼けは明日の晴天を告げた。

The deep red of the setting sun portended fine weather.

Tatoeba #145006

そいつは真っ赤なうそだ。

That's a blessed lie.

Tatoeba #213974

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 真っ赤

な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Present (plain)	真っ赤だ	まっかだ makkada
Present (polite)	真っ赤です	まっかです makkadesu
Negative	真っ赤じゃない	まっかじゃない makkajanai
Past	真っ赤だった	まっかだった makkadatta
Negative past	真っ赤じゃなかった	まっかじゃなかった makkajanakatta
Te-form	真っ赤で	まっかで makkade
Before a noun	真っ赤な	まっかな makkana
Adverb (~ni)	真っ赤に	まっかに makkani

Kanji in 真っ赤

真

true, reality, Buddhist sectシン・ま・ま- · 10 strokes

赤

redセキ・シャク・あか・あか- · 7 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 真っ赤.

写真しゃしんphotograph真面目まじめserious真剣しんけんserious真似まねimitating真理しんりtruth真空しんくうvacuum真っ暗まっくらpitch-dark真っ黒まっくろpitch-black真っ青まっさおdeep blue真っ先まっさきthe head真っ白まっしろpure white真似るまねるto mimic真実しんじつtruth真珠しんじゅpearl

Source: JMdict entry 1363250 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.