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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ja•pan ( jə pan′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -panned, -pan•ning. n. - any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.
- work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner.
- Fine Art Japans, a variety of decorative motifs or patterns derived from Oriental sources, used on English porcelain of the 18th and 19th centuries.
adj. - of or pertaining to japan.
v.t. - to varnish with japan;
lacquer. - to coat with any material that gives a hard, black gloss.
- special use of Japan 1605–15
- Place Namesa constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637;
141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. - Place Names Sea of, the part of the Pacific Ocean between Japan and mainland Asia.
Japan., - Place NamesJapanese.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: japan /dʒəˈpæn/ n - a glossy durable black lacquer originally from the Orient, used on wood, metal, etc
- work decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner
vb ( -pans, -panning, -panned)- (transitive) to lacquer with japan or any similar varnish
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: Japan /dʒəˈpæn/ n - 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; rapid economic growth has made Japan the most industrialized nation in the Far East. Official language: Japanese. Religion: Shintoist majority, large Buddhist minority. Currency: yen. Capital: Tokyo. Pop: 127 799 000 (2004 est). Area: 369 660 sq km (142 726 sq miles)
Japanese names: Nippon, Nihon
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