rainy season (in Japan usu. from early June to mid-July); rain during the rainy season
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
seasoning; flavour; condition; state; (state of) health; physical condition
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
ume orchard; plum orchard; plum garden
pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping); high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower
shredded dried plum; plum pulp
entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season
plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms
fifth lunar month; fourth lunar month
wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice
fallen ume blossoms; fallen ume fruit
winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum)
kōbaiyaki (senbei punched into shapes, e.g. plum)
wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice
winter plum tree with reddish blossoms
Satsuma mock orange; Philadelphus satsumi
Plum Blossom Festival (Kitano Shrine, February 25)
flour made from cooked glutinous rice
Chinese bushberry; bush cherry; Prunus japonica
yeddo hawthorn (Rhaphiolepis indica var. umbellata)
winter jasmine (Jasminum nudiflorum); Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)
Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Japanese variety of the Kamchatka globeflower, Trollius riederianus)
Ludwigia stipulacea (species of primrose-willow)
cinquefoil (Potentilla matsumurae); potentilla; Japanese alpine perennial of the rose family
Trollius hondoensis (species of globeflower)
goldencup St. John's wort (Hypericum patulum)
Potentilla yokusaiana (species of cinquefoil)
Pacific silverweed (Potentilla egedii var. grandis); Eged's silverweed
seasoning; flavour; flavor; serving one's lord well (of a retainer)