Korean lettuce; ssam lettuce
Refers to a type of lettuce commonly used in Korean cuisine for wrapping grilled meat (ssam). Often equated with サンチュ (sangchu).
See also: サンチュ
Wrap the grilled meat in Korean lettuce and eat it.
I bought some Korean lettuce at the supermarket.
Standard kanji spelling for this vegetable name.
Shorter variant; less common but still used.
Compound of 包み (tsutsumi, 'wrapping') + 菜 (na, 'leafy vegetable'), referring to its use as a wrap for food. The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely arose as a descriptive term in Japanese for this Korean lettuce variety.