American English pronunciation
How to pronounce japan
IPA transcription: [dʒə'pæn]
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Noun
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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
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a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
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lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
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lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
Verb
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coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
Usage examples
- Japanese culture is incredibly addictive, their buildings look amazing.
- A Japanese-American who is Sleepy's partner.
- She also hosts a weekly radio show in Japan.
- He returned to Japan by way of the United States.
- A man in a blue shirt riding a motorcycle in Japan.
- She refuses, not wishing to be a puppet monarch of the Japanese.
- Reproductions of the "Wakan Sansai Zue" are still in print in Japan.
- The Japanese domestic market had a large range of Starions to choose from.
- Within two weeks the album was number three on the Japanese album charts.
- He was the President of Aspen Japan.