Illustration: At a family breakfast table, an open lunch box contains a bed of white rice with a single wrinkled umeboshi nestled at its center. Beside it stands a small open preserving jar holding more of the same soft, puckered fruits in brine.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

梅うめ干ぼし

umeboshi

pickled ume plum

Example sentences

  1. この梅干うめぼし、塩辛しおからいね。

    This umeboshi tastes really salty.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 外国人がいこくじんに梅干うめぼしを試食ししょくさせることが大好だいすきです。

    I love making foreigners try Japanese pickled plums.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 「この梅干うめぼし、酸すっぱくないね」「塩抜しおぬきして蜂蜜はちみつに漬つけてたからね」

    "These umeboshi aren’t sour at all." "That’s because their saltiness has been removed and they’ve been soaked in honey."

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 梅干

  • 梅plumOnバイKunうめ
  • 干dry; parchOnカンKunほす・ほし-・ひる

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