真っ赤

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
あか > っか
Grade: 1
kun'yomi irregular
Alternative spellings
眞っ赤 (kyūjitai)
真赤
まっ赤

Etymology

Compound of () (ma'-, true, pure) + (あか) (aka, red).[1][2][3]

First cited to the mid-1400s.[1]

The outright sense arose from the way that something purely red is obvious and clearly visible.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

()() (makka-na (adnominal ()() (makka na), adverbial ()() (makka ni))

  1. extremely red, purely red, very red
    1. bright red; flushed
      ()()になる
      makka ni naru
      to blush; for one's face to go red
      (literally, “to become very red”)
    2. deep red
  2. outright, downright

Inflection

Noun

()() (makka

  1. extreme red, pure red, very red
    1. bright red
    2. deep red
  2. outrightness

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 真っ赤”, in 日本国語大辞典 (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ^ 真っ赤”, in デジタル大辞泉 (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, updated roughly every four months
  3. 3.0 3.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN