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Japan

noun

1.

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. Synonyms: Japanese Archipelago, Japanese Islands.

2.

A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building. Synonyms: Nihon, Nippon.

3.

Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer.

4.

Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient.

verb

(past & past part. japanned; pres. part. japanning)

1.

Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan.

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— Options • O. Henry

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— Emile • Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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— Of Human Bondage • W. Somerset Maugham

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— Colleges in America • John Marshall Barker

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— Little Sister Snow • Frances Little

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