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japan
/d͡ʒəˈpæn/
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What does japan mean?
noun
- A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
- Lacquerware.
verb
- To varnish (something) with japan.
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proper noun
- A country in East Asia. Capital and largest city: Tokyo.
- An archipelago of East Asia; in full, Japanese archipelago.
verb
- (obsolete, slang) To ordain (someone).
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IPA pronunciation
/d͡ʒəˈpæn/
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Self-sufficient in coal and iron ore, it has a crude steel production capacity of about 95 million tons, second only to Japan.
I will not mention all the varieties which passed before my dazzled eyes, all the collection of the seas of China and Japan.
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He wandered about, admired the climate and the big peaches, thought a while of going to Japan, and ended by going to Mexico.
The answer is that the conditions and circumstances in China are peculiar, and are different from those prevailing in Japan and other countries.
The beginning of the twentieth century would have been spared the spectacle of sanguinary warfare if Russia had condescended to know Japan better.