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Definition of Nihon
1. Noun. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building.
Geographical relationships: Hara-kiri, Harakiri, Harikari, Seppuku, Sumo, Go, Go Game, Shogi, Acupressure, G-jo, Shiatsu, Jiujitsu, Jujitsu, Jujutsu, Ninjitsu, Ninjutsu, Karate, Origami, Chanoyu, Tea Ceremony, Futon, Kamikaze, Shoji, Shingon, Japanese, Ryukyuan, Miso, Wasabi, Sukiyaki, Sashimi, Sushi, Tempura, Rice Beer, Sake, Saki, Aum, Aum Shinrikyo, Supreme Truth, Chukaku-ha, Anti-imperialist International Brigade, Japanese Red Army, Jra, Yakuza, Diet, Prefecture, Kamikaze, Koto Player, Sumo Wrestler, Yakuza, Esaki, Leo Esaki, Ozawa, Seiji Ozawa
Terms within: Kammon Strait Bridge, Asahikawa, Capital Of Japan, Edo, Japanese Capital, Tokio, Tokyo, Yeddo, Yedo, Nagano, Nagoya, Omiya, Osaka, Yokohama, Naha City, Ryukyu Islands, Kyoto, Sapporo, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Toyohashi, Toyonaki, Toyota, Asama, Mount Asama, Volcano Islands, Iwo Jima, Fuji, Fuji-san, Fujinoyama, Fujiyama, Mount Fuji
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Group relationships: Asia
Member holonyms: Japanese, Nipponese
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nihon
Literary usage of Nihon
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of Japanese Printed Books and Manuscripts in the Library of the by Robert Kennaway Douglas (1898)
"A Map of the Nihon Bashi minami Quarter of Yedo." [1857 ?] 0 Ф ? ... 3 maki.
Yedo, 1804. 8°. [Another copy.] 0 Ж ^S № ít Ш Nihon meisho ..."
2. A Handbook for Travellers in Japan by Basil Hall Chamberlain, John Murray (Firm), W. B. Mason (1893)
"1, Nihon- bashi Hon-Shirokane-chö (large things) ; Mikawa-ya, at Soto-Kanda ...
—all in the Nihon-bashi district. There is also a very interesting street ..."
3. A Survey of Direct U. S. Private Capital Investment in Research and ...Science (1993)
"NIPPON TOKUSHU NOYAKU SEIZO KK Nihon TRAVENOL NIPPON NATIONAL SEIKAN CO., LTD.
... Nihon BOBST KK NIPPON MAYER CO., LTD. JAPAN CERAMICS ? ..."
4. Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan for by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1908)
"Such is the Dai Nihon Shiryo, or " Materials for the History of Great Japan,"
with its sequel the Dai Nihon ..."
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