ウメ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ウメ – see the following entry.

[noun] the Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume

[noun] a white plum blossom, as opposed to 紅梅 (kōbai, “red plum blossom”)

[noun] a 家紋 (kamon, “family crest”) with varying designs of plum blossoms

[noun] Short for 梅襲 (ume-gasane): a style of layering garments with dark crimson on the front and light crimson on the back

[noun] (card games) the suit of plum blossoms in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of February

[noun] (historical, colloquial) Synonym of 天神 (tenjin): the second-highest ranked prostitute in Edo-period Kamigata, below the 大夫 (tayū)

Alternative spelling
楳

(This term, ウメ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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