梅

Japanese apricot (Prunus mume); Japanese plum; ume; Chinese plum

lowest (of a three-tier ranking system)

(East Asian) rainy season (in Japan, usu. from early June to mid-July)

rain during the rainy season

umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Esp. 塩梅

seasoning; flavour; flavor; taste

Esp. 塩梅

condition; state; situation

Esp. 塩梅

(state of) health; physical condition

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Transitive verb; Esp. 按配

arrangement; assignment; adjustment; handling; dealing with

ume liqueur; Japanese plum brandy; unripe ume infused in liquor (esp. shōchū) with added sugar

red-blossomed plum tree; red Japanese apricot

Medicine

syphilis

unripe plum

wet season; rainy season

ume grove; plum grove

white plum blossoms; white Japanese apricot; white-blossomed plum

pine, bamboo and plum (an auspicious grouping)

From 松 down to 梅

high, middle and low (ranking); top, middle and bottom; upper, medium, lower; first, second and third (class)

Japanese apricot orchard; plum orchard; plum garden; ume orchard

Formal or literary term

plum blossoms; ume blossom

Japanese apricot; ume

shredded dried plum; plum pulp

overcast sky in the rainy season

(unusually) dry rainy season

old plum tree

plum vinegar; (salted) plum juice

plum-blossom viewing

plum tree which blossoms in winter; early-flowering plum tree; early plum blossoms

plum blossoms (as a harbinger of spring)

wild Japanese apricot