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- Dictionaryjapan/dʒəˈpan/
noun
- 1. a hard, dark, enamel-like varnish containing asphalt, used to give a black gloss to metal objects.
verb
- 1. cover (something) with a hard black varnish: "the pillars are to be japanned"
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Japan [a] is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland. It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south.
Japan definition: 1. a country in East Asia formed of a group of islands 2. a country in East Asia formed of a group…. Learn more.
nē-ˈhȯn. country in eastern Asia comprising Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and other islands in the western Pacific; a constitutional monarchy; capital Tokyo area 145,914 square miles (377,915 square kilometers), population 126,168,000. see also japanese.
Jul 1, 2024 · Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean.
Japan (Japanese: 日本; romanised as nihon or nippon) is a country in East Asia. It is a group of islands close to the east coast of Korea, China and Russia. The Pacific Ocean is to the east of Japan and the Sea of Japan is to the west. Most people in Japan live on one of the four islands. The biggest of these islands, Honshu, has ...
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 ...
Japan definition: 1. a country consisting of a group of islands near the east coast of Asia 2. coming from or…. Learn more.
Definition of Japan noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south.
noun. 1. a glossy durable black lacquer originally from Japan, 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. verb Word forms: -pans, -panning, -panned. 5. (transitive) to lacquer with japan or any similar varnish.
