Noun
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lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
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lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
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a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago
a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
- nippon - nihon -
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
Verb
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coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan