japan /jə-panˈ/

1. Of Japan
2. Japanned

1. Japanese ware or work
2. A glossy black varnish or lacquer
3. A liquid used for paint-grinding and -drying
4. Japanned work

1. To varnish with japan, esp in imitation of Japanese work
2. To make black
3. To ordain (a clergyman) (old slang)

Japanese /jap-ə-nēzˈ or japˈ/ adjective

Of Japan, its people, or their language

1. A native or citizen of Japan
2. The language of Japan

Japanēsˈery noun

1. Japanese decoration
2. A Japanese ornament
3. Japanese bric-à-brac

Japanesque /-eskˈ/ noun

A design in Japanese style

(also Japanēsˈy) savouring of the Japanese

Japˈanize or Japˈanise transitive verb

To make Japanese

japannˈer noun

Japano- combining form

Japanese (esp in combination with another nationality, eg Japano-Chinese)

Japˈanophile noun

A lover of Japan or the Japanese (also adjective)

Japan Current noun

Kuroshio

japanˈ-earth noun

Terra-japonica, gambier

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

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