丹
丹

rust-colored, red, red lead, pills, sincerity

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赤い紅いあかい朱い～い Adj.Freq #634
1

Esp. 紅い for scarlet, 朱い for vermilion

red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion

Examples
彼女は赤いスカートをはいていた。
She was wearing a red skirt.
2

Colloquial

Red; communist

丹念たんねんNoun～な Adj.Freq #12711
1

painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

Examples
この本は丹念に読まなければならない。
This book should be read with diligence.
巴丹ばたんバタンNounFreq #16585
1

cockatoo

丹にNounFreq #23215
1

red earth (i.e. containing cinnabar or minium); vermilion

ぼたん牡丹ぼうたんボタンNounFreq #23652
1

Word usually written using kana alone

tree peony (Paeonia suffruticosa); moutan

2

ぼたん only

wild boar (meat)

丹精丹誠たんせいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #32262
1

working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains

Examples
丹精をこめてつくったこの美しい織物をごらんください。
Take a look at this beautiful embroidery made with great effort.
丹波たんばNounFreq #34562
1

Historical term

Tanba (former province located in parts of present-day Kyoto, Hyogo and Osaka prefectures)

丹後たんごNounFreq #46816
1

Historical term

Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

キリシタン《切支丹》《吉利支丹》《切死丹》《鬼理死丹》NounUsually kanaFreq #51491
1

Historical term

Christianity (in feudal Japan); Christian

丹田たんでんNounFreq #53378
1

point below the navel (a focus point for internal meditative techniques)

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