jujube; Chinese date; red date
The fruit of Ziziphus jujuba, commonly eaten dried or used in traditional medicine and cooking.
Jujubes are often used in Chinese herbal medicine.
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.
In the tea ceremony, powdered green tea is kept in a natsume.
乾燥ナツメをおやつに食べる。
I eat dried jujubes as a snack.
Usually written in katakana, especially for the fruit. It is usually written in kana.
Kanji form is rare and may not be widely recognized. Included for reference.
Hiragana spelling, also common.
The word is native Japanese. The kanji 棗 is a Chinese character for the jujube tree, adopted for its meaning. The tea utensil sense derives from the fruit shape.