梅肉

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 梅肉 is read as ばいにく and can mean “pickled plum flesh” or “plum pulp”, depending on context.
• Basic usage: The examples show chopped pickled-plum flesh mixed into rice and paired with perilla in chicken.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Distinguishing senses and uses
  • It is plum pulp, especially flesh removed from pickled ume, used as an ingredient rather than the whole fruit or plum wine.