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Definition of Japan

1. Noun. 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. Verb. Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan.

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

4. Noun. Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer.

5. Noun. Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient.

Definition of Japan

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

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

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

Definition of Japan

1. to coat with a glossy, black lacquer [v -PANNED, -PANNING, -PANS]

Medical Definition of Japan

1. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. Japan allspice, 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. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Japan

Janus Janus-faced Janus green B Jan Amos Komensky Jan Christian Smuts Jan Evangelista Purkinje Jan Hendrix Oort Jan Hus Jan Swammerdam Jan Tinbergen

Jan van der Meer Jan van Eyck Jan Vermeer Jap japan (current term) japan (current term) Japanese Japanese-speaking Japanese allspice Japanese andromeda

Japanese angelica tree Japanese apricot Japanese Archipelago Japanese banana Japanese barberry Japanese barnyard millet Japanese beech Japanese beetle Japanese bittersweet Japanese black pine

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