Definition of japan Japan
/ʤʌpæˈn/ - [jupan] - ja•pan
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| japan - a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building | ||
| Nippon, Nihon | ||
| asia the nations of the Asian continent collectively | ||
| kammon strait bridge a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu | ||
| asahikawa a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area | ||
| capital of japan, japanese capital, tokio, tokyo, yeddo, yedo, edo the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan | ||
| nagano a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine | ||
| nagoya an industrial city in southern Honshu | ||
| omiya a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo | ||
| osaka port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan | ||
| yokohama port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan | ||
| naha city the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands | ||
| ryukyu islands a chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972) | ||
| kyoto a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan | ||
| sapporo a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido | ||
| kitakyushu a Japanese city on northern Kyushu | ||
| fukuoka a city in southern Japan on Kyushu | ||
| nagasaki a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb | ||
| toyohashi a Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore | ||
| toyonaki a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka | ||
| toyota an industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu | ||
| asama, mount asama a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet) | ||
| volcano islands a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas | ||
| iwo jima the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan | ||
| fuji-san, fujinoyama, fujiyama, mount fuji, fuji an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages | ||
| nipponese, japanese the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese | ||
| japan - 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 | ||
| Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago | ||
| pacific, pacific ocean the largest ocean in the world | ||
| ezo, hokkaido, yezo the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu | ||
| hondo, honshu the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland | ||
| kyushu the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields | ||
| shikoku the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous | ||
| japan - lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient | ||
| lacquer a hard glossy coating | ||
| japan - lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer | ||
| lacquerware a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals | ||
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| japan - coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan | ||
| lacquer coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China" | ||
| handicraft a craft that requires skillful hands | ||
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Wiktionary 
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- japan (n.)
Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning. - japan (a.)
Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. - japan (v. t.)
To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer. - japan (v. t.)
To give a glossy black to, as shoes.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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japan
An East Asian island country located in the Pacific Ocean, to the east of China, Korea, and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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japan
ja-pan′, v.t. to varnish after the manner of the Japanese′, or people of Japan: to make black and glossy:—pr.p. japan′ning; pa.p. japanned′.—n. work japanned: the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.—ns. Japan′-earth, or Terra japonica, gambier; Japan′ner.—Japan lacquer, or Black japan, a hard jet-black lacquer, for sheet-metal, made of asphaltum, linseed-oil, and varnish; Japanned leather, same as patent leather (see Patent)
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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japan
An Asiatic empire, composed of Japan, or Niphon, and 3850 isles, with nearly 40,000,000 inhabitants. For military events in Japan, see separate articles in this book.
Wikipedia 
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Japan (日本) is a country in Asia. It has many islands. Four of them are large, and the biggest is one of the largest islands in the world. The islands are on the east Asian coast in the western part of the Pacific Ocean.
Japanese people call their country "Nihon" or "Nippon", which in Japanese means "the origin of the sun". It is not actually the origin of the sun.
History.
The earliest records on Japan are from Chinese history. One of those records said there were many small countries which had wars between them and later a country, ruled by a queen, became the strongest and peace came.
Japan began to write its own history after the 5th and 6th centuries, when people from Korea and China taught Japan about the Chinese writing system. Japan's neighbours also showed them the ways of Buddhism. The Japanese changed Buddhism in many ways, for example, by building strongly on ideas such as Zen, which came from mainland Asia.
In the ancient and the Middle Ages, China gave Japan lots of new cultural ideas, but their friendship became weaker later. In the late 13th century, Mongolians from China tried to invade Japan twice, but they could not. The samurai and shogun of Medieval Japan are similar to knights and lords in Medieval Europe.
Japan had contact with the Europeans for a little while in the 16th century. The Portuguese were the first Europeans to visit Japan. Later, the Spanish, English and Dutch came to Japan to trade. Also, they brought Christianity. Japan's leaders welcomed
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