Definition of japan

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"Japan (n.) Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning..

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Raku Ware :: Raku ware () A kind of earthenware made in Japan, resembling Satsuma ware, but having a paler color..
Chopstick :: Chopstick (n.) One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth..
Norimon :: Norimon (n.) A Japanese covered litter, carried by men..
Bantam Work :: Bantam work () Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware.
Japan :: "Japan (v. t.) To give a glossy black to, as shoes..
Sen :: Sen (n.) A Japanese coin, worth about one half of a cent..
Japanning :: Japanning (n.) The art or act of varnishing in the Japanese manner.
Itzibu :: Itzibu (n.) A silver coin of Japan, worth about thirty-four cents..
Japonica :: "Japonica (n.) A species of Camellia (Camellia Japonica), a native of Japan, bearing beautiful red or white flowers. Many other genera have species of the same name..
Daimio :: Daimio (n.) The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.
Xanthoxylene :: Xanthoxylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon of the terpene series extracted from the seeds of a Japanese prickly ash (Xanthoxylum pipertium) as an aromatic oil.
Kumquat :: Kumquat (n.) A small tree of the genus Citrus (C. Japonica) growing in China and Japan; also, its small acid, orange-colored fruit used for preserves..
Japanner :: "Japanner (n.) One who varnishes in the manner of the Japanese, or one skilled in the art..
Hydrangea :: Hydrangea (n.) A genus of shrubby plants bearing opposite leaves and large heads of showy flowers, white, or of various colors. H. hortensis, the common garden species, is a native of China or Japan..
Japan :: "Japan (a.) Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware..
Porcelain :: Porcelain (n.) A fine translucent or semitransculent kind of earthenware, made first in China and Japan, but now also in Europe and America; -- called also China, or China ware..
Aino :: Aino (n.) One of a peculiar race inhabiting Yesso, the Kooril Islands etc., in the northern part of the empire of Japan, by some supposed to have been the progenitors of the Japanese. The Ainos are stout and short, with hairy bodies..
Coolie :: Coolie (n.) An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country..
Pagoda :: Pagoda (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of India, Farther India, China, and Japan, -- usually but not always, devoted to idol worship..
Goltschut :: Goltschut (n.) A silver ingot, used in Japan as money..
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