[dʒəˈpan], (Noun)

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


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late 17th century: from Japan

[dʒəˈpan], (Verb)

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- cover (something) with a hard black varnish
(e.g: the pillars are to be japanned)


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[dʒəˈpan], (Noun)

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- a country in East Asia occupying a chain of islands in the Pacific roughly parallel with the east coast of the Asian mainland; population 126,600,000 (estimated 2015); official language, Japanese; capital, Tokyo.


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