朱

Esp. 紅い for scarlet, 朱い for vermilion

red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion

Colloquial

Red; communist

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

vermillion (colour); cinnabar; red orange

vermillion (pigment)

cinnabar ink stick

correction written in red ink

vermilion (colour); cinnabar

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 Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens)

Astronomy

seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

red; vermilion; cinnabar; scarlet

writing in red ink

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

satin

red seal

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

Formal or literary term

red lips

Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); Asian crested ibis

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

dwarf

red-lacquered sword sheath

pomelo (Citrus maxima); shaddock

letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal

seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples

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

red-ink brush

satin with raised figures

red-lacquered gate

vermilion ink stick; cinnabar ink stick