Japanese beetle noun

A small scarabaeid beetle (Popillia japonica) introduced accidentally into the eastern USA and now a major plant pest there

Japanese cedar noun

A very tall Japanese conifer (Cryptomeria japonica) often dwarfed by Japanese gardeners

Japanese garden noun

A formal garden with water, bridges, rocks, raked gravel and shrubs but without bright flowers

Japanese knotweed noun

A tall fast-growing strain of knotweed

Japanese lantern noun

A collapsible paper lantern, a Chinese lantern

Japanese maple noun

A decorative foliage tree (Acer palmatum or A. japonicum)

Japanese medlar noun

The loquat

Japanese paper noun

A fine soft paper handmade from paper-mulberry bark

Japanese vellum noun

A heavier weight of Japanese paper

Japan lacquer noun

Japan varnish

Japan laurel noun

A shrub (Aucuba japonica) of the dogwood family, with spotted yellow leaves

japanned leather noun

Patent leather (see under patent)

Japan varnish noun

A varnish obtained from a species of sumach (Rhus vernicifera), extended to various other similar varnishes

Japan wax or Japan tallow noun

A fat obtained from the berries of species of sumach