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梅干 (うめぼし, umeboshi) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “dried plum”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 12
うちでは、 朝食には 必ず 梅干しが 出ます。
Pickled plums are always served for breakfast at my home.
赤紫蘇梅干しなどの色づけに使う。
Aka-jiso is used as coloring for umeboshi (pickled ume).
特に紀伊国（和歌山県）の梅干しは有名。
Umeboshi from Ki no kuni (Wakayama Prefecture) are particularly well known.
梅素麺：梅干しを潰して練り込んだもの。
Ume somen: Kneaded with crushed pickled ume (plum).
そのため梅干しは健康食品としても有名である。
For that reason, umeboshi are also renowned as health foods.
日本の国旗に模して、白飯の中央に梅干しを一つのせた弁当。
Box lunch with a red pickled plum in the center of white rice that represents the Japanese national flag.
すべての梅干しに共通した大きな特徴として、非常に酸味が強い。
The prominent characteristic common to all types of umeboshi is a strongly acidic taste.
梅干を潰し、おでこに貼り付けることにより熱を下げると言う作用。
Umeboshi alleviate fever when they're crushed and applied to the forehead.
布巾や茶漉しで梅干を漉し、冷暗所で1～2日置いて味をなじませる。
Filter out the umeboshi with a dish cloth or tea strainer, and leave in a cool, dark place for one to two days in order to bring out its flavor.
梅干の風味がよく出るように軽くほぐし、半量になるまで弱火で煮詰める。
Lightly break up umeboshi to cause the flavor come out, and reduce over a low heat until it halves in volume.
梅干しの表面はしわになっているので、しわが多いお婆さんの事を俗に「梅干婆さん」という。
Because the surface of umeboshi is crumpled, wrinkly old ladies are commonly called 'umeboshi-basan.'
近年市販の一般的な梅干しでは、白干しのものを水につけ、塩分を抑えて味付けを施した調味漬けの梅干しが多い。
Many generic umeboshi that have been put on the market in recent years are umeboshi that are pickled in a sodium-controlled seasoning after being soaked in water as shiroboshi.-