Meaning
plum
On'yomi
バイ
Kun'yomi
うめ
Common compounds (15)
- 梅 むめlowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
- 梅雨 ばいう(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)
- 出梅 しゅつばいend of the rainy season
- 入梅 ついりentering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
- 梅干 うめぼしumeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum
- 青梅 あおうめunripe plum
- 梅雨前線 ばいうぜんせんseasonal rain front
- 梅酒 うめしゅume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
- 梅林 ばいりんume grove; plum grove
- 紅梅 べにうめred-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
- 梅毒 ばいどくsyphilis
- 白梅 はくばいwhite plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum