ジャム

ジャ

ム

Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

Refers to fruit preserves, typically spread on bread or used in cooking. The English loanword is fully naturalized in Japanese.

朝ちょう食しょくにパンにジャムを塗ぬって食たべた。
I spread jam on bread and ate it for breakfast.
このジャムはイチゴで作つくられています。
This jam is made from strawberries.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉にジャムを塗ぬるto spread jam on something
パンにジャムを塗ぬって食たべた。
I spread jam on bread and ate it.
ジャムを作つくるto make jam
夏なつにいちごでジャムを作つくった。
I made jam with strawberries in the summer.
ジャムを煮にるto cook down (fruit) into jam
果物くだものを鍋なべでじっくり煮にてジャムにする。
I slowly cook the fruit in a pot to turn it into jam.