梅

Meaning

梅 centers on the plum tree and its fruit, especially the Japanese plum (ume).

• 梅うめ
  N3

  Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum

• 梅雨つゆ
  N3

  (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)

• 梅酒うめしゅ

  ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar

• 青梅あおうめ

  unripe plum

• 梅干しうめぼし
  N1

  umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

• 梅毒ばいどく

  syphilis

• 梅林ばいりん

  ume grove; plum grove

• 塩梅あんばい
  N1

  seasoning; flavour; flavor; taste

• 梅雨入りつゆいり
  N1

  entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season

• 白梅しらうめ

  white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum

• 紅梅こうばい

  red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot

• 松竹梅しょうちくばい

  pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)

• 梅花ばいか

  plum blossoms; ume blossom

• 梅園ばいえん

  Japanese apricot orchard; plum orchard; plum garden; ume orchard

• 寒梅かんばい

  plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms

• 梅酢うめず

  plum vinegar; (salted) plum juice

• 梅雨明けつゆあけ
  N1

  end of the rainy season

• 梅雨前線ばいうぜんせん

  seasonal rain front

• いい塩梅にいいあんばいに

  fortunately; luckily

• しだれ梅しだれうめ

  weeping plum (Prunus mume f. pendula); weeping Japanese apricot

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