japans

noun

lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

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

a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago

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

verb

coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

Roots

japanjapan- · Eponym · Japan (lacquerware)

Words related to japans

japanizev japannedn japanningn kibei japannern kobang japn makunouchi gaijin issei imari sakai shojin koji sansei nisein fujin prefecturen chanoyun japonaiserie norimon shubunkin koban zaikai roji kikumon meishi yuko lacquerwaren shogunaten

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