梅 - plum

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

unripe plum

end of the rainy season

seasoning; flavour; flavor; taste

red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot

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

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

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

entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season

kōbaiyaki (senbei punched into shapes, e.g. plum)

Bungo Japanese apricot; Prunus mume var. bungo

shredded dried plum; plum pulp