梅干し

Etymology
Compound of, the of verb.

Noun

 * 1) umeboshi: salt-dried or pickled Japanese ume (a kind of plum); very sour, and often used as a condiment in Japanese cooking
 * 2)  an elderly person
 * 3)  an unripe Japanese ume that has been smoked over a fire until black, used in traditional medicines and as a pigment

Derived terms

 * , : a dressing or sauce for fish or vegetables made of umeboshi mixed with sugar or other sweetener
 * , : "umeboshi candy": a sweet resembling an umeboshi in shape and/or size and/or flavor
 * , :, a family of sea anemone
 * , : alternate term for or, , a kind of bladdernut tree
 * , : a wrinkly elderly woman