梅

Meanings

plum

ES: ciruela, ciruelo

Common words

• 梅雨つゆ(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
• 梅干しうめぼしumeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum
• 紅梅こうばいred-blossomed plum tree, red Japanese apricot
• 梅酒うめしゅume liqueur, Japanese plum brandy, unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
• 塩梅あんばいseasoning, flavour, flavor, taste
• 青梅あおうめunripe plum
• 梅雨入りつゆいりentering the rainy season, beginning of the rainy season
• 梅雨明けつゆあけend of the rainy season

Example sentences

• この梅干し、塩辛いね。

  This umeboshi tastes really salty.

  Estos umeboshi están realmente salados.

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• 梅雨らしく空はどんよりしている。

  The sky is gloomy and gray - a typical rainy-season sky.

  El cielo está sombrío y gris - un cielo típico de la estación de lluvias.

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• 梅うめの花はなは今週こんしゅうが見頃みごろです。

  The plum blossoms are at their best this week.

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• 梅の花は3月に咲く。

  Plum blossoms come out in March.

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