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梅 うめ N3

  1. Chinese plum; Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume
  2. lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

梅雨 つゆ N3

  1. (East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
  2. rain during the rainy season

梅干し うめぼし N1

  1. pickled dried plum; pickled dried ume; umeboshi

梅酒 うめしゅ

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

梅雨入り つゆいり

  1. beginning of the rainy season; entering the rainy season

梅雨明け つゆあけ

  1. end of the rainy season

梅しそ うめしそ

  1. Japanese apricot and shiso

梅に鶯 うめにうぐいす

  1. bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting); great coupling; match made in heaven; perfect match

梅の実 うめのみ

  1. Japanese apricot; ume

梅は食うとも核食うな、中に天神寝てござる うめはくうともさねくうな、なかにてんじんねてござる

  1. don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
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