ナツメ

noun

jujube; Chinese date; red date

The fruit of Ziziphus jujuba, commonly eaten dried or used in traditional medicine and cooking.

• ナツメは漢かん方ぽう薬やくによく使つかわれる。

  Jujubes are often used in Chinese herbal medicine.

• 乾かん燥そうナツメをおやつに食たべる。

  I eat dried jujubes as a snack.

noun

small tea caddy (tea ceremony)

A small container for powdered green tea used in the Japanese tea ceremony. The name comes from its shape resembling the jujube fruit.

• 茶さ道どうでは、棗なつめに抹まっ茶ちゃを入いれておく。

  In the tea ceremony, powdered green tea is kept in a natsume.