1. country situated on a chain of islands off the eastern coast of Asia. varnish with japan lacquer; coat with any black lacquer. shiny black lacquer which originated in Japan; something varnished with japan lacquer. of or pertaining to japan lacquer. japan\ja*pan"\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. japanned ; p. pr. & vb. n. japanning.].
2. to cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the japanese; to lacquer.
3. to give a glossy black to, as shoes. [r.]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, orjapan 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 n.
4. 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 [syn: japan, japanese islands, japanese archipelago ].
5. a constitutional monarchy occupying the japanese archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building [syn: japan, nippon, nihon].
6. lacquerware decorated and varnished in the japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer.
7. lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient lacquer with japan.
8. Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
9. Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.
10. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.
11. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer 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 a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan.
12. 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. a country in East Asia consisting of four large islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and many smaller ones. Population: 126,771,662 (2001). Capital: Tokyo. The main religions are Shinto and Buddhism. Island country, lying off the eastern coast of Asia in the western Pacific Ocean.
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