梅干し
Japanese
kanjitab
Definitions
- umeboshi: salt-dried or pickled Japanese ume (a kind of plum); very sour, and often used as a condiment in Japanese cooking
- (sort=うめぼし) an elderly person from the similarity of wrinkled skin to a wrinkled umeboshi, compare usage of English m
- (sort=うめぼし) an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used in traditional medicines and as a pigment
Etymology
Compound from Japanese 梅 (plum) + Japanese 干し (drying, dried).
Origin
Japanese
干し
Gloss
drying, dried