ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar
Japanese winterberry; Ilex serrata
pincushion plant (Diapensia lapponica)
white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum
red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot
Bungo Japanese apricot; Prunus mume var. bungo
match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; (lit.) bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting)
umezuke; pickled fresh ume
strips of shark cartilage served with dried plum
yellowtail blue snapper (Paracaesio xanthura); yellowback fusilier
Chinese bushberry (Prunus japonica); bush cherry
era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II
low class prostitute in Yoshiwara (Edo period)
weeping plum (Prunus mume f. pendula); weeping Japanese apricot
don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); (lit.) if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep
crushed umeboshi; crushed pickled plum
clothes worn between winter and spring