Moto 梅: PlumKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- バイ
- Kun'yomi
- うめ
- Level
- JLPT N1Jōyō, grade 4
- Words
- 111 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (バイ)
- 松竹梅しょうちくばいpine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)
- 梅園ばいえんume orchard; plum orchard
- 梅林ばいりんume (plum) grove
- 梅毒ばいどくsyphilis
- 梅花ばいかume (plum) blossoms
- 梅雨前線ばいうぜんせんseasonal rain front
- 紅梅こうばいred-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
- 先天梅毒せんてんばいどくcongenital syphilis
- 寒梅かんばいplum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree
- 寒梅粉かんばいこflour made from cooked glutinous rice
- 寒紅梅かんこうばいwinter plum tree with reddish blossoms
- 早梅そうばいearly-blooming plum
- 林鐘梅りんしょうばいChinese bushberry; bush cherry
- 梅月ばいげつfifth lunar month; fourth lunar month
- 梅毒疹ばいどくしんsyphilid
- 梅毒腫ばいどくしゅsyphiloma
- 梅肉ばいにくshredded dried plum; plum pulp
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 梅うめJapanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum
- 青梅あおうめunripe plum
- 梅干しうめぼしumeboshi; pickled dried ume
- 梅酒うめしゅume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy
- 白梅しらうめwhite plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot
- つぶれ梅つぶれうめcrushed umeboshi; crushed pickled plum
- カリカリ梅カリカリうめcrunchy pickled plum
- 唐梅からうめwintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice
- 岩梅いわうめpincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica)
- 庭梅にわうめChinese bushberry (Prunus japonica); bush cherry
- 枝垂れ梅しだれうめweeping plum (Prunus mume f. pendula); weeping Japanese apricot
- 栗梅くりうめdeep brown color
- 桜切る馬鹿梅切らぬ馬鹿さくらきるばかうめきらぬばかprune your plum trees, but not your cherry trees
- 梅に鶯うめにうぐいすmatch made in heaven; perfect match
- 梅の実うめのみJapanese apricot; ume
- 梅擬きうめもどきJapanese winterberry; Ilex serrata
- 梅春物うめはるものclothes worn between winter and spring
- 梅暦うめごよみplum blossoms (as a harbinger of spring)
- 梅水晶うめすいしょうstrips of shark cartilage served with dried plum
- 梅漬うめづけumezuke; pickled fresh ume
- 梅漬けうめづけumezuke; pickled fresh ume
- 梅色うめいろyellowtail blue snapper (Paracaesio xanthura); yellowback fusilier
Other readings
- 梅雨つゆrainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July)
- 梅雨明けつゆあけend of the rainy season
- 入梅つゆいりentering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
- 塩梅あんばいseasoning; flavour
- 梅干うめぼしumeboshi; pickled dried ume
- 梅雨入りつゆいりentering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
- かりかり梅カリカリうめcrunchy pickled plum
- 信濃金梅しなのきんばいTrollius riederianus var. japonicus (Japanese variety of the Kamchatka globeflower, Trollius riederianus)
- 出梅つゆあけend of the rainy season
- 垂れ梅しだれうめweeping plum (Prunus mume f. pendula); weeping Japanese apricot
- 塩梅酢あんばいずwell-balanced vinegar
- 実梅うめのみJapanese apricot; ume
- 常陸梅ひたちうめera during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II
- 常陸梅時代ひたちうめじだいera during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II
- 戻り梅雨もどりづゆreturn of the rainy season; rainy season returning after a period of clear weather
- 梅にウグイスうめにうぐいすmatch made in heaven; perfect match
- 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don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
- 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don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
- 梅擬うめもどきJapanese winterberry; Ilex serrata
- 梅桃ゆすらうめNanking cherry (Prunus tomentosa); downy cherry
- 梅花皮かいらぎfish skin with a granular texture, esp. shark and stingray
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