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    3. 梅干し

    梅干し

    梅うめ干ぼし​

    umeboshi

    KMT9News #28+1CoreNounFood & DiningKanji Vocab14 strokes

    梅干

    うめぼし

    Noun

    1.
    umeboshi, pickled dried ume, pickled dried plum

    Stroke 0 / 14

    Speed1.0x

    おにぎりには梅うめ干ぼしがよく合あう。

    Umeboshi goes well with onigiri.

    KMT8Food & Dining
    祖そ母ぼが作つくった梅うめ干ぼしは、とても塩しお辛からいけれど美お味いしい。

    The umeboshi my grandmother made is very salty but delicious.

    KMT9Food & DiningFamily & Relationships
    梅うめ干ぼしは、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな保ほ存ぞん食しょくとして古ふるくから親したしまれている。

    Umeboshi has been cherished as a traditional Japanese preserved food since ancient times.

    KMT9Food & DiningCulture & TraditionsHistory
    夏なつバテ防ぼう止しに、梅うめ干ぼしを食たべる習しゅう慣かんがある。

    There's a custom of eating umeboshi to prevent summer fatigue.

    KMT9Food & DiningMedicine & HealthDaily Life
    梅うめ干ぼしの酸さん味みは、食しょく欲よくを増ぞう進しんさせる効こう果かがあると言いわれている。

    The sourness of umeboshi is said to have the effect of stimulating appetite.

    KMT9Food & DiningMedicine & Health

    Characters that make up this word

    梅
    うめ…(1)
    plum
    Kanji
    干
    ほ.す・ほ.し-・-ぼ.し・ひ.る…(2)
    dry・parch・ebb・recede・interfere…(1)
    Kanji
    し
    shi
    Kana
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