朱

vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange

vermillion (pigment)

cinnabar ink stick

correction written in red ink

red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet

Common noun; Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

red; crimson; scarlet

Common noun

red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)

Colloquial; Common noun; Often written as アカ

Red (i.e. communist)

Abbreviation; Common noun

red light (traffic)

Abbreviation; Common noun

red ink (i.e. in finance or proof-reading); (in) the red

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

complete; total; perfect; obvious

赤 only; Abbreviation; Common noun

copper

Abbreviation; Common noun; Hanafuda

red 5-point card

Historical term

shu; unit of weight, 1/24th of a ryō

Historical term

shu; Edo-period unit of currency, 1/16th of a ryō

vermilion (colour); cinnabar

to welter in blood; to be covered in blood

to turn red

Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)

Astronomy

seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

writing in red ink

painting something vermillion; lacquering something vermillion; vermillion-lacquered object

red seal

thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

Formal or literary term

red lips

neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)

dwarf

red-lacquered sword sheath

pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock

Proverb

people will take on the characteristics of those who surround them; spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer; when mixing with vermillion, one becomes red

license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)

red-ink brush

red-lacquered gate

to flush bright red (e.g. of someone's face)

vermilion ink stick; cinnabar ink stick

vermilion lacquer (made by mixing vermilion into clear lacquer)

Shuchō era (686.7.20-686.12.?); Suchō era; Akamitori era