Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun japan

4 senses of japan

Sense 1
Japan, Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago -- (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)
       INSTANCE OF=> archipelago -- (a group of many islands in a large body of water)

Sense 2
Japan, Nippon, Nihon -- (a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building)
       INSTANCE OF=> Asian country, Asian nation -- (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Sense 3
japan -- (lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer)
       => lacquerware -- (a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals)

Sense 4
japan -- (lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient)
       => lacquer -- (a hard glossy coating)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb japan

1 sense of japan

Sense 1
japan -- (coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan)
       => lacquer -- (coat with lacquer; "A lacquered box from China")