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赤い is an exact match with one form of the following word:
赤い
BOOST
Reading : あかい   
2. Red (i.e. communist)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 1 (among the 500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 174,045 which gives a rank of 364
赤い is the most useful form. 6 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 90% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 9,000 (about 83,900,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N5 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 132 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 2160
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
わたし
あか
くるま
すきではない
I don’t like red cars.
あか
ギター
おと
かった

The red guitar sounded good.
あか
いいです
The red one is good.
あかい
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 93,000 (about 2,260,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 15 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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紅い
BOOST
Reading : あかい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 88,000 (about 2,670,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 18633
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丹い
BOOST
Reading : あかい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 110,000 (about 1,410,000 results)
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朱い
BOOST
Reading : あかい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 169,000 (about 445,000 results)
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緋い
BOOST
Reading : あかい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 168,000 (about 450,000 results)
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赭い
BOOST
Reading : あかい   
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• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 224,000 (about 104,000 results)
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セキ   シャク   あか    あか red   あからむ to turn red   あからめる to blush   
コウ   ク   くれない deep red   べに lipstick   
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コウ   ク    work; construction; craft   
シ   いと thread   
タン   rust; vermilion
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
wide
dot   
シュ    scarlet   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
モク   ボク   き    こ- tree   
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ダイ   タイ   おおきい big   おおいに very much   おお-    
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ジン   ニン   ひと person   
stick   
ヒ    scarlet   
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ヒ   mistake
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red-brown
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