The plum blossoms in the garden are blooming beautifully, bathed in the light of early spring.
梅
plum
Kanji
Grade
Grade 4
Strokes
10 strokes
Radical
木部
On'yomi (Chinese Reading)
バイ
Kun'yomi (Japanese Reading)
うめ
Nanori (Name Reading)
うめ, め
Common Readings
バイ, うめ
Example sentences
I feel the arrival of spring in the scent of plum blossoms.
This year's rainy season was long.
The rainy season ended, and full-scale summer began.
I like sour pickled plums.
The homemade pickled plums my grandmother made are very sour.
My physical condition is bad today.
I eat a rice ball with a pickled plum inside every morning.
When the end of the rainy season is announced, the real summer begins.
When July comes, the end of the rainy season is announced in many regions of Japan.
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