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Japan Meaning & Definition
Japan Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Japan?

[n] lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
[n] lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
[n] a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
[n] a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
[v] lacquer with japan

Synonyms | Synonyms for Japan: Japanese Archipelago | Japanese Islands | Nihon | Nippon

Related Terms | Find terms related to Japan:

See Also | archipelago | Asia | Asian country | Asian nation | Ezo | Fuji | Fuji-san | Fujiyama | Hokkaido | Hondo | Honshu | Japanese | Kammon Strait Bridge | Kyushu | lacquer | lacquer | lacquerware | Nipponese | Osaka Bay | Pacific | Pacific Ocean | Ryukyu Islands | Shikoku | Yezo

Japan In Webster's Dictionary

\Ja*pan"\, n. [From Japan, the country.] Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
\Ja*pan"\, a. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. {Japan allspice} (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan ({Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina allspice. {Japan black} (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; -- called also {Brunswick black}, {Japan lacquer}, or simply {Japan}. {Japan camphor}, ordinary camphor brought from China or Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called borneol or Borneo camphor. {Japan clover}, or {Japan pea} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant ({Lespedeza striata}) from Eastern Asia, useful for fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about 1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it was called variously {Yankee clover} and {Rebel clover}. {Japan earth}. See {Catechu}. {Japan ink}, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black when dry. {Japan varnish}, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of the {Rhus vernix}, a small Japanese tree related to the poison sumac.
\Ja*pan"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Japanned}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Japanning}.] 1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer. 2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [R.] --Gay.

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