English dictionary
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English noun: Japan | |||
| 1. | Japan (location) 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 | ||
| Instance hypernym | archipelago | ||
| Part holonym | Ezo, Hokkaido, Hondo, Honshu, Kyushu, Osaka Bay, Shikoku, Yezo | ||
| Part meronym | Pacific, Pacific Ocean | ||
| 2. | Japan (location) a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building | ||
| Synonyms | Nihon, Nippon | ||
| Instance hypernym | Asian country, Asian nation | ||
| Part holonym | Asahikawa, Asama, capital of Japan, Edo, Fuji, Fuji-san, Fujinoyama, Fujiyama, Fukuoka, Iwo Jima, Japanese capital, Kammon Strait Bridge, Kitakyushu, Kyoto, Mount Asama, Mount Fuji, Nagano, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Naha City, Omiya, Osaka, Ryukyu Islands, Sapporo, Tokio, Tokyo, Toyohashi, Toyonaki, Toyota, Volcano Islands, Yeddo, Yedo, Yokohama | ||
| Part meronym | Asia | ||
| Member holonym | Japanese, Nipponese | ||
| Domain region members | acupressure, Anti-Imperialist International Brigade, Aum, Aum Shinrikyo, chanoyu, Chukaku-Ha, diet, Esaki, futon, G-Jo, go, go game, hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari, Japanese, Japanese Red Army, jiujitsu, JRA, jujitsu, jujutsu, kamikaze, kamikaze, karate, koto player, Leo Esaki, miso, ninjitsu, ninjutsu, origami, Ozawa, prefecture, rice beer, Ryukyuan, sake, saki, sashimi, Seiji Ozawa, seppuku, shiatsu, Shingon, shogi, shoji, sukiyaki, sumo, sumo wrestler, Supreme Truth, sushi, tea ceremony, tempura, wasabi, yakuza, yakuza | ||
| 3. | japan (artifact) lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lacquerware | ||
| 4. | japan (artifact) lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lacquer | ||
English verb: japan | |||
| 1. | japan (creation) coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | lacquer | ||
| Domain category | handicraft | ||
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