Japan as a noun: - 1
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japan - 3
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as a verb: - 1
japan
noun
1 Japan
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.
Dutch: Japan
2 Japan
A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building.
synonyms: Nihon, Nippon.
Dutch: Nippon
Polish: Cesarstwo Japonii, Japonia, Kraj Kwitnącej Wiśni, Kraj Wschodzącego Słońca, Nippon
3 japan
Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer.
Roget 356a:
resin,
rosin;
gum;
lac,
sealing wax;
amber,
ambergris;
bitumen,
pitch,
tar;
asphalt,
asphaltum;
camphor;
varnish,
copal†,
mastic,
magilp†,
lacquer,
japan.
artificial resin,
polymer;
ion-exchange resin,
cation-exchange resin,
anion exchange resin,
water softener,
Amberlite†,
Dowex [Chem],
Diaion.
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4 japan
Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient.
verb
1 japan
Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan.
Roget 847:
ornament,
embellish,
enrich,
decorate,
adorn,
bead,
beautify,
adonize†.
smarten,
furbish,
polish,
gild,
varnish,
whitewash,
enamel,
japan,
lacquer,
paint,
grain.
garnish,
trim,
dizen†,
bedizen,
prink†,
prank;
trick out,
fig out;
deck,
bedeck,
dight†,
bedight†,
array;
begawd†,
titivate†;
dress,
dress up;
spangle,
bespangle,
powder;
embroider,
work;
chase,
emboss,
fret,
emblazon;
illuminate;
illustrate.
become
etc.
(accord with)
23.
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Roget 223:
cover;
superpose,
superimpose;
overlay,
overspread;
wrap
etc.
225;
encase,
incase†;
face,
case,
veneer,
pave,
paper;
tip,
cap,
bind;
bulkhead,
bulkhead in;
clapboard [U.S.].
coat,
paint,
varnish,
pay,
incrust,
stucco,
dab,
plaster,
tar;
wash;
besmear,
bedaub;
anoint,
do over;
gild,
plate,
japan,
lacquer,
lacker†,
enamel,
whitewash;
parget†;
lay it on thick.
overlie,
overarch†;
endome†;
conceal
etc.
528.
[of aluminum]
anodize.
[of steel]
galvanize.
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japanning
noun
Roget 847:
ornament,
ornamentation,
ornamental art;
ornature†,
ornateness;
adornment,
decoration,
embellishment;
architecture;
jewelry
etc.
847.1.
[surface coatings for wood: list]
garnish,
polish,
varnish,
French polish,
veneer,
japanning,
lacquer.
[surface coatings for metal]
gilding,
plating,
ormolu,
enamel,
cloisonn_e.
[surface coatings for human skin]
cosmetics
(in general),
makeup;
[Makeup list],
eye shadow,
rouge,
face powder,
lipstick,
blush.
[ornamental surface pattern: list]
pattern,
diaper,
powdering,
paneling,
graining,
pargeting†;
detail;
repousse
(convexity)
250;
texture
etc.
329;
richness;
tracery,
molding,
fillet,
listel†,
strapwork†,
coquillage [Fr.],
flourish,
fleur-de-lis [Fr.],
arabesque,
fret,
anthemion†;
egg and tongue,
egg and dart;
astragal†,
zigzag,
acanthus,
cartouche;
pilaster
etc.
(projection)
250;
bead,
beading;
champleve ware [Fr.],
cloisonne ware;
frost work,
Moresque [Lat.],
Morisco,
tooling.
[ornamental cloth]
embroidery;
brocade,
brocatelle†,
galloon,
lace,
fringe,
trapping,
border,
edging,
trimming;
hanging,
tapestry,
arras;
millinery,
ermine;
drap d'or [Fr.].
wreath,
festoon,
garland,
chaplet,
flower,
nosegay,
bouquet,
posy,
daisies pied and violets blue,"
tassel,
[Love's Labor's Lost],
knot;
shoulder knot,
apaulette†,
epaulet,
aigulet†,
frog;
star,
rosette,
bow;
feather,
plume,
pompom†,
panache,
aigrette.
finery,
frippery,
gewgaw,
gimcrack,
tinsel,
spangle,
clinquant†,
pinchbeck,
paste;
excess of ornament
etc.
(vulgarity)
851;
gaud,
pride.
[ornamentation of text]
illustration,
illumination,
vignette.
fleuron†;
head piece [Fr.],
tail piece [Fr.];
cul-de-lampe [Fr.];
flowers of rhetoric
etc.
577;
work of art.
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