1. Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
   "The collector displayed a set of exquisite japan bowls"
    
2. Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
   "The antique box was coated with a layer of japan"

1. Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
   "They japanned the wooden box to give it a glossy finish"

1. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
   - Nippon, Nihon
    
2. 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
   - Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago

Derived forms: Japans, japans, japanned, japanning

Type of: archipelago, Asian country, Asian nation, lacquer, lacquerware

Part of: Asia, Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia: Japan, Pennsylvania