真(ま)っ赤(か)

まっか
na-adjective, noun
bright red, deep red
color
1. bright red, deep red, crimson
An intense, vivid shade of red.
真(ま)っ赤(か)なバラ。
A bright red rose.
紅葉(もみじ)が真(ま)っ赤(か)に染(そ)まった。
The autumn leaves turned bright red.
夕焼(ゆうや)けで空(そら)が真(ま)っ赤(か)に燃(も)えていた。
The sky was burning bright red in the sunset.
2. flushed, blushing
Describes a face that has turned red from embarrassment, anger, or heat.
恥(は)ずかしくて顔(かお)が真(ま)っ赤(か)になった。
I was so embarrassed that my face turned red.
怒(おこ)って顔(かお)を真(ま)っ赤(か)にした。
His face turned red with anger.
お風呂(ふろ)から出(で)たら、体(からだ)が真(ま)っ赤(か)だった。
When I got out of the bath, my body was bright red.
3. utter, complete (lie)
In the expression 真(ま)っ赤(か)な嘘(うそ), means a blatant lie.
それは真(ま)っ赤(か)な嘘(うそ)だ。
That's a blatant lie.
Common idiom
彼(かれ)の話(はなし)は全部(ぜんぶ)真(ま)っ赤(か)な嘘(うそ)だった。
Everything he said was a complete lie.
そんな真(ま)っ赤(か)な嘘(うそ)をついて、恥(は)ずかしくないのか。
Aren't you ashamed of telling such a blatant lie?

Part of a series of intensified color expressions using 真(ま)っ〜.

RELATED WORDS (other intensified colors):

Common expressions

Watch out

  • The reading is まっか, a special reading of the whole word; it is not built from あか (no まっあか).
  • 顔(かお)が真(ま)っ赤(か) is a flushed face; a face drained of colour is 真(ま)っ青(さお).

Related Words

Related: 赤(あか)い (red (basic))
Compare: 真(ま)っ白(しろ) (pure white)
Compare: 真(ま)っ黒(くろ) (jet black)
Compare: 真(ま)っ青(さお) (deep blue)
Compare: 真(ま)っ暗(くら) (pitch dark)
Compare: 緋色(ひいろ) (scarlet)
Compare: 紅色(べにいろ) (crimson)
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Added 2026.1.12 21:48 · Revised 2026.10.10 9:36
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