japan

Definition of Japan in English :

Noun

1. japan, japanese archipelago, japanese islands

a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

2. japan, nihon, nippon

a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

nihon
nippon

3. japan

lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

4. japan

lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

Verb

5. japan

coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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noun

an archipelago and empire in E Asia, extending for 3200 km (2000 miles) between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific and consisting of the main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and over 3000 smaller islands: feudalism abolished in 1871, followed by industrialization and expansion of territories, esp during World Wars I and II, when most of SE Asia came under Japanese control; dogma of the emperor's divinity abolished in 1946 under a new democratic constitution; by the 1980s, rapid economic growth made Japan the most industrialized nation in the Far East. Official language: Japanese. Religion: Shintoist majority, large Buddhist minority. Currency: yen. Capital: Tokyo. Pop: 127 484 450 (2017 est). Area: 369 660 sq km (142 726 sq miles)

. Japanese names: Nippon, Nihon

2. Sea of Japan

noun

a glossy durable black lacquer originally from the Orient, used on wood, metal, etc

work decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner

a liquid used as a paint drier

adjective

relating to or varnished with japan

verb -pans, -panning or -panned

5. (transitive)

to lacquer with japan or any similar varnish

Japan

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island country in the Pacific, off the E coast of Asia, including Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, & many smaller islands: 145,841 sq mi (377,727 sq km); pop. 123,612,000; cap. Tokyo

Japan

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An enclosed arm of the western Pacific Ocean between Japan and the Asian mainland. Several straits connect it with the East China Sea, the Pacific Ocean, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

1. A black enamel or lacquer used to produce a durable glossy finish.

2. An object decorated with this substance.

tr.v.ja·panned, ja·pan·ning, ja·pans

1. To decorate with a black enamel or lacquer.

2. To coat with a glossy finish.

A country consisting of an archipelago off the eastern coast of Asia. The islands' indigenous culture was largely supplanted after c. 600 BC by settlers from the mainland, who adopted an imperial system of government modeled on China's. After a long period (12th-19th century) of domination by a series of shoguns, feudalism was abolished on the restoration of the emperor Mutsuhito (1868) and the country was opened to trade with the West. Japan's industrialization and expansionism led to a series of wars, culminating in its defeat (1945) in World War II. After the war Japan's economy was rebuilt with American assistance, developing an industrial sector centered around automobiles and electronics. Tokyo is the capital and the largest city.

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