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VocabJLPT N2

jam

Noun

Definitions

1. jam
2. Fruit preserves

This word refers to the sweet fruit spread you put on bread, commonly known as jam. It is also used to describe a traffic jam or a paper jam in a printer. Context usually makes it clear which meaning is intended.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Since when did I become the guy who wins people over with jam?

Sentence 2

I don't know how, but there are suddenly two extra jars of jam!

Sentence 3

For some reason, the jam jar is always the one that runs out.

Sentence 4

"Jam is a morning ritual," he said, like it was a fact.

Sentence 5

There's an open jar of jam sitting in the back of the fridge.