赤い（あかい、akai）
- red

The Japanese word 赤い (あかい) means "red" in English. It's an adjective, specifically an い-adjective, meaning it describes a noun by directly modifying it. It denotes the color red.

⚫︎赤い車 Translation: Red car ⚫︎赤いバラ Translation: Red rose ⚫︎彼は赤いシャツを着ています。 Translation: He is wearing a red shirt.

⚫︎You use 赤い to describe something that is the color red. ⚫︎It can be used to describe objects, people, or anything else where the color red is relevant. ⚫︎Because it is an い-adjective, it conjugates based on tense and politeness. For example: • Present affirmative: 赤い • Past affirmative: 赤かった • Present negative: 赤くない • Past negative: 赤くなかった

⚫︎The word is typically written with the kanji 赤 and the hiragana い: 赤い. ⚫︎The hiragana reading is あかい. ⚫︎The kanji 赤 itself means "red" or "scarlet". ⚫︎There are no other common ways to write this word. ⚫︎The okurigana (送り仮名) or suffix hiragana is always い.

⚫︎While there aren't perfect synonyms, words related to red or shades of red include: • 朱色 (しゅいろ) - vermilion • 真紅 (しんく) - crimson • 紅色 (べにいろ) - crimson, carmine • 深紅 (しんく) - deep red

⚫︎The antonyms are the words for other colors. Some examples are: • 青い (あおい) - blue • 白い (しろい) - white • 黒い (くろい) - black • 黄色い (きいろい) - yellow • 緑色 (みどりいろ) - green

このリンゴは赤いですね。 ・Translation: This apple is red, isn't it? ・Explanation: This sentence uses 赤い to describe the apple. The particle ね softens the statement, implying agreement.

私は赤い服が好きです。 ・Translation: I like red clothes. ・Explanation: This sentence uses 赤い to modify the noun 服 (clothes).

⚫︎The kanji 赤 is a pictograph of a person on fire (or possibly, a person with burned skin), suggesting the color of fire. ⚫︎The origin of the word 赤い itself is less specific but follows the general pattern of many い-adjectives, which consist of a root (in this case, 赤) and the adjective ending い.