梅干し

Japanese

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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

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