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    japan
    /dʒəˈpan/

    noun

    • 1. a hard, dark, enamel-like varnish containing asphalt, used to give a black gloss to metal objects.

    verb

    • 1. cover (something) with a hard black varnish: "the pillars are to be japanned"

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  2. en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › JapanJapan - Wikipedia

    Japan [a] is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south.

  3. 3 days ago · Last Updated: Jun 27, 2024 • Article History. Japan, island country lying off the east coast of Asia. It consists of a great string of islands in a northeast-southwest arc that stretches for approximately 1,500 miles (2,400 km) through the western North Pacific Ocean.

  4. nē-ˈhȯn. country in eastern Asia comprising Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, Shikoku, and other islands in the western Pacific; a constitutional monarchy; capital Tokyo area 145,914 square miles (377,915 square kilometers), population 126,168,000. see also japanese.

  5. Japan is a group of islands in the Western Pacific, off the coast of China. The four biggest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Shikoku, and Kyushu, and there are about 6,000 smaller islands there. Japan is separated from the Asian continent by the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea.

  6. Japan definition: 1. a country in East Asia formed of a group of islands 2. a country in East Asia formed of a group…. Learn more.

  7. an archipelago and empire in E Asia, extending for 3200 km (2000 miles) between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific and consisting of the main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu and over 3000 smaller islands: feudalism abolished in 1871, followed by industrialization and expansion of territories, esp during World Wars I and II, when ...

  8. www.wikiwand.com › en › JapanJapan - Wikiwand

    Japan is an island country in East Asia. It is in the northwest Pacific Ocean and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea, Philippine Sea, and Taiwan in the south.

  9. Definition of Japan noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  10. a country consisting of a group of islands near the east coast of Asia. Japanese. adjective uk / ˌdʒæpəˈniːz / us. coming from or relating to Japan. Japanese. noun plural Japanese. someone from Japan. (Definition of Japan from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of Japan. in Chinese (Traditional) 日本(東亞國家)…

  11. Jul 26, 2023 · Japan country profile. Japan has the world's third-largest economy, having achieved remarkable growth in the second half of the 20th Century after the devastation of World War Two....