朱

writing in red

unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)

drawing red lines

Historical term

red lines on maps marking town limits (Edo period)

Archaic

red lines marking nouns in kanbun texts

writing in red

Idiomatic expression

to retouch; to correct

notebook for collecting seal stamps sold at shrines and temples

red mark; red dot

to miniate; to paint red

red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)

flushed face

Japanese shubunkin goldfish variety

white stork (Ciconia ciconia)

pogonia (Pogonia japonica)

vermilion

Japanese crested ibis

Historical term

foreign trade by authorized Japanese ships (early Edo period)

Rare term

vermilion tray

Rare term

to make corrections

red seal ship; shogunate-licensed trading ship

Esp. 紅い for scarlet, 朱い for vermilion

red; crimson; scarlet; vermilion

Colloquial

Red; communist

satin

Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); Asian crested ibis

Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe

letter bearing the shogun's scarlet seal

seal stamp given to worshippers and visitors to shrines and temples