梅干し

Japanese
梅干し (umeboshi): a few umeboshi, pickled Japanese plums.
Kanji in this term
梅 干
うめ
Grade: 4		 ほ > ぼ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi
Alternative spellings
梅干し (kyūjitai)
梅干

Etymology

Compound of 梅 (ume, “plum”) +‎ 干し (hoshi, “drying, dried”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 干す (hosu, “to dry”).[1][2] The hoshi changes to boshi as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation
    • (Tokyo) うめぼし [ùmébóshí] (Heiban – [0])[3][2]
    • IPA(key): [ɯ̟ᵝme̞bo̞ɕi]

    Noun

    梅(うめ)干(ぼ)し • (umeboshi) 

    1. umeboshi: salt-dried or pickled Japanese ume (a kind of plum); very sour, and often used as a condiment in Japanese cooking
    2. (slang) an elderly person (from the similarity of wrinkled skin to a wrinkled umeboshi; compare usage of English prune)
    3. (medicine) an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used in traditional medicines and as a pigment

    Synonyms

    Derived terms
    Derived terms
    • 梅干(うめぼ)し和(あ)え (umeboshi ae), 梅干和(うめぼしあえ) (umeboshi ae): a dressing or sauce for fish or vegetables made of umeboshi mixed with sugar or other sweetener
    • 梅干(うめぼ)し飴(あめ) (umeboshi ame), 梅干飴(うめぼしあめ) (umeboshi ame): "umeboshi candy": a sweet resembling an umeboshi in shape and/or size and/or flavor
    • 梅干(うめぼ)し磯巾着(いそぎんちゃく) (umeboshi iso ginchaku), 梅干磯巾着(うめぼしいそぎんちゃく) (umeboshi iso ginchaku): Actiniidae, a family of sea anemone
    • 梅干(うめぼ)しの木(き) (umeboshi no ki), 梅干(うめぼし)の木(き) (umeboshi no ki): alternate term for 権萃 (gonzui) or 三つ葉空木 (mitsuba utsugi), Staphylea bumalda, a kind of bladdernut tree
    • 梅干(うめぼ)し婆(ばば) (umeboshi baba), 梅干婆(うめぼしばば) (umeboshi baba): (derogatory) a wrinkly elderly woman

    Descendants
    Descendants
    • English: mebos, umeboshi
    • Dutch: mebos

    References
    1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
    2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
    3. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
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