うめ

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Japanese

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Japanese plum or apricot, Prunus mume
a white plum blossom, as opposed to 紅梅 (kōbai, red plum blossom)
the lowest of a three-level rank system
a 家紋 (kamon, family crest) with varying designs of plum blossoms
Short for 梅襲 (ume-gasane): a style of layering garments with dark crimson over light crimson
(card games) the suit of plum blossoms in 花札 (hanafuda), representing the month of February
(historical, colloquial) Synonym of 天神 (tenjin): the second-highest ranked prostitute in Edo-period Kamigata, below the 大夫 (tayū)
a female given name
a surname
Alternative spellings
, ウメ
(This term, うめ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as うめ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as うめ.)