Japan in British English
(dʒəˈpæn)
noun
1.
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; by the 1980s, rapid economic growth made Japan the most industrialized nation in the Far East. Official language: Japanese. Religion: Shintoist majority, large Buddhist minority. Currency: yen. Capital: Tokyo. Pop: 127 484 450 (2017 est). Area: 369 660 sq km (142 726 sq miles)
Japanese names: Nippon, Nihon2. Sea of Japan
japan in British English
(dʒəˈpæn)
noun
1.
a glossy durable black lacquer originally from the Orient, 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
verbWord forms: -pans, -panning or -panned
5. (transitive)
to lacquer with japan or any similar varnish
Japan in American English
(dʒəˈpæn)
1.
island country in the Pacific, off the E coast of Asia, including Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku, & many smaller islands: 145,841sq mi (377,727 sq km); pop. 123,612,000; cap. Tokyo
see also Nihon, Nippon2.
Sea ofarm of the Pacific, between Japan & E Asia: 391,100 sq mi (1,012,945 sq km)
japan in American English
(dʒəˈpæn)
noun
1.
a lacquer or varnish giving a hard, glossy finish
2.
a liquid mixture used as a paint drier
: also japan drier 3.
objects decorated and lacquered in the Japanese style
verb transitiveWord forms: jaˈpanned or jaˈpanning
4.
to varnish or lacquer with or as with japan
Word origin
orig. from Japan Word lists withJapan
country, currency, inhabitant, SeasIn other languagesJapan
British English: Japan /dʒəˈpæn/ NOUN
Japan is an archipelago and empire in east Asia, extending between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific.
- American English: Japan
- Arabic: اليَابَان
- Brazilian Portuguese: Japão
- Chinese: 日本
- Croatian: Japan
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- European Spanish: Japón
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- Greek: Ιαπωνία
- Italian: Giappone
- Japanese: 日本
- Korean: 일본
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- Russian: Япония
- Latin American Spanish: Japón
- Swedish: Japan
- Thai: ประเทศญี่ปุ่น
- Turkish: Japonya
- Ukrainian: Японія
- Vietnamese: nước Nhật
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Chinese translation of 'Japan'
Japan
(dʒəˈpæn)
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日本
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