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1. Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
    
2. Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

1. (handicraft) coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

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: japanned, Japans, japans, japanning

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

Part of: Asia, Pacific, Pacific Ocean

Encyclopedia: Japan, Pennsylvania