单词 | Japan |
释义 | Japan(dʒəˈpæn) noun 1. 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, Nihon2. Sea of Japan japan(dʒəˈpæn) noun 1. a glossy durable black lacquer originally from the Orient, used on wood, metal, etc 2. work decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner 3. a liquid used as a paint drier adjective 4. relating to or varnished with japan verbWord forms: -pans, -panning or -panned 5. (transitive) to lacquer with japan or any similar varnish |
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