うめ
Meanings
Noun
1. Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum
The scent of ume drifts in.
2. lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)
We were on a tight budget, so we went with the plum (lowest-grade) course.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (29 in total)
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
Japanese winterberry; Ilex serrata
ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
Examples (6 in total)
This is a plum tree.
The scent of ume drifts in.
Plum blossoms come out in March.
One eel rice box, the plum (basic) grade, please.
We were on a tight budget, so we went with the plum (lowest-grade) course.
Of the three grades, pine, bamboo and plum, plum is the cheapest.