japan

[Ja*pan·]

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

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Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

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

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

Noun
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

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

Verb
coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

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n.
Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

a.
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.

v. t.
To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.

v. t.
To give a glossy black to, as shoes.

Japan

Ja*pan" , n. [From Japan, the country.] Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

Japan

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, ∨ 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.

Japan

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.

Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.

To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.

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Usage Examples

European investment in Texas alone exceeds all U.S. investment in China and Japan put together.

If your computer speaks English, it was probably made in Japan.

I used to have a silk dressing gown an uncle bought in Japan and when I came downstairs in it, my dad used to call me Davinia. There was never embarrassment about that kind of thing. My sister used to dress me up a lot. She thought I was a little doll.

I was recording stuff with my dad when I was like five, six years old. I played with him on tour. I'd gone with him to Japan in '91, played some gigs, did a couple shows at the Albert Hall.

I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan.

Japan is the most intoxicating place for me. In Kyoto, there's an inn called the Tawaraya which is quite extraordinary. The Japanese culture fascinates me: the food, the dress, the manners and the traditions. It's the travel experience that has moved me the most.

I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.

I remember a great America where we made everything. There was a time when the only thing you got from Japan was a really bad cheap transistor radio that some aunt gave you for Christmas.

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Other Usage Examples

Japan actually is an aging population, and so as the population has aged, they have had a lot more problems with health.

I hope to attend it as Japan needs to tell the world the lessons, knowledge and reflections learned from the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power plant.

I had actually been on tour in Japan and I had my own world tour that I was doing. I was used to doing a show for an hour, so I was always learning choreography.

In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents.

I've realized the extraordinary power of sports to heal, unite and inspire. I believe the Olympics will serve as the ultimate platform to provide positive changes and I hope to inspire all of Japan through my strong showing there.

For decades, Japan has been a friend and reliable trading partner with the United States, and I anticipate that relationship will prosper.

I received from my experience in Japan an incredible sense of respect for the art of creating, not just the creative product. We're all about the product. To me, the process was also an incredibly important aspect of the total form.

I have to express sympathy from the bottom of my heart to those people who were taken as wartime comfort women. As a human being, I would like to express my sympathies, and also as prime minister of Japan I need to apologize to them.

India and Japan should develop a complementary relationship in information technology.