No. 1,920 in Japanese
赤い
Red.
In a sentence
この赤い花はとても美しいです。
This red flower is very beautiful.
Here, '赤い' ('akai') describes the flower's color, emphasizing its beautiful appearance.
彼は赤い車を買いました。
He bought a red car.
In this sentence, '赤い' ('akai') is used to modify the noun '車' ('kuruma'), specifying its color as red.
夕焼けが空を赤く染めました。
The sunset dyed the sky red.
Here, '赤い' is transformed into '赤く' ('akaku') as an adverb describing how the sky was dyed by the sunset.
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