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Ja·pan (j

-p

)

A country of Asia on an archipelago off the northeast coast of the mainland. Traditionally settled c. 660 b.c., Japan's written history began in the 5th century a.d. During the feudal period (12th-19th century) real power was held by the shoguns, whose dominance was finally ended by the restoration of the emperor Mutsuhito in 1868. Feudalism was abolished, and the country was opened to Western trade and industrial technology. Expansionist policies led to Japan's participation in World War II, which ended after atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki (August 1945). Today the country is highly industrialized and noted for its advanced technology. Tokyo is the capital and the largest city. Population: 127,000,000.

Word History: Stamp collectors know that Nihon and Nippon on Japanese stamps mean "Japan"; what they probably don't know is that Nihon, Nippon, and Japan are all ultimately the same word. In the early part of the Chinese Tang dynasty

in a.d. 670, to be precise

Japanese scholars who had studied Chinese created a new name for their country using the Chinese phrase for "origin of the sun, sunrise," because Japan is located east of China. In the Chinese of the time (called Middle Chinese), the phrase was nzyet-pwun. To this the scholars added the Chinese suffix -kwuk, "country," yielding a compound nzyet-pwun-kwuk, "sun-origin-country, land of the rising sun." The consonant clusters in the word were not pronounceable in Old Japanese, so the form was simplified to Nip-pon-gu or *Ni-pon-gu, the latter developing by regular sound change to Ni-hon-gu. The forms Nippon and Nihon of today are the same as these, minus the "country" suffix. Interestingly, the Chinese themselves took to calling Japan by the name that the Japanese had invented, and it is from the Chinese version of the name that English Japan is ultimately derived. In Mandarin Chinese, one of the forms of Chinese to develop from Middle Chinese, the phrase evolved to Rìbnguó, an early form of which was recorded by Marco Polo as Chipangu, which he would have pronounced as (ch

-pän-g

) or (sh

-pän-g

). The early Mandarin word was borrowed into Malay as Japang, which was encountered by Portuguese traders in Moluccas in the 16th century. These traders may have been the ones to bring the word to Europe; it is first recorded in English in 1577, spelled Giapan.

Japan

Japan, Sea of or East Sea

An enclosed arm of the western Pacific Ocean between Japan and the Asian mainland. Several straits connect it with the East China Sea, the Pacific Ocean, and the Sea of Okhotsk.

ja·pan (j

-p

)

1. A black enamel or lacquer used to produce a durable glossy finish.

2. An object decorated with this substance.

tr.v. ja·panned, ja·pan·ning, ja·pans

1. To decorate with a black enamel or lacquer.

2. To coat with a glossy finish.

[After Japan.]

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Japanned leather Japannish Nettle cloth	Peter Magnus rang the bell for the chambermaid; and the striped bag, the red bag, the leathern hat-box, and the brown-paper parcel, having been conveyed to his bedroom, he retired in company with a japanned candlestick, to one side of the house, while Mr. The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context Yolland dived into this rubbish, and brought up an old japanned tin case, with a cover to it, and a hasp to hang it up by-- the sort of thing they use, on board ship, for keeping their maps and charts, and such-like, from the wet. The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context My furniture, part of which I made myself -- and the rest cost me nothing of which I have not rendered an account -- consisted of a bed, a table, a desk, three chairs, a looking-glass three inches in diameter, a pair of tongs and andirons, a kettle, a skillet, and a frying-pan, a dipper, a wash-bowl, two knives and forks, three plates, one cup, one spoon, a jug for oil, a jug for molasses, and a japanned lamp. Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context	Japanese privet Japanese quail Japanese quince Japanese radish Japanese Red Army Japanese red pine Japanese river fever Japanese rose Japanese slippers Japanese snowbell Japanese spaniel Japanese spurge Japanese stranglehold Japanese sumac Japanese table pine Japanese tree lilac Japanese umbrella pine Japanese varnish tree Japanese wax Japanese wistaria Japanese yew Japanese-speaking Japanglish Japanism Japanize Japanned Japanned leather Japanner Japanning Japannish jape Japer Japery Japheth Japhethite Japhetic Japhetite Japlish japonica Japonism Japonisme Japurá Jaques-Dalcroze jar jar against jar on Jar-owl Jararaca Jarble Jardiniere jardinière	Japanese-German Frontiers of Science Japanese-language Japanese-lantern Japanese-Malaysia Economic Partnership Agreement Japanese-Mexican Labor Association Japanese-Russo War Japanese-Russo War Japanese-Sino Optimization Meeting Japanese-speaking Japanese-Style Managment Systems Japanese-US Community Education and Exchange Japang Japang Japanglish Japanimation Japanime Japanime Japanisch Deutsche Gesellschaft Japanisch-Deutsches Zentrum Berlin Japanische Internationale Schule München Japanise Japanise Japanism Japanization Japanize Japanized Japanizes Japanizing Japanned Japanned leather Japanner Japanner japanning japanning Japannish Japanobotrychium virginianum Japanology japans japans Japanse language Japanse Popcultuur Club Utrecht Japanses language JAPBA JAPC JAPCA JAPCC JAPCO JAPCU JAPD JAPDEVA JAPDIP jape jape jape japed japed Japenese alphabet japer japer

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Japanned leather
Japannish
Nettle cloth

Peter Magnus rang the bell for the chambermaid; and the striped bag, the red bag, the leathern hat-box, and the brown-paper parcel, having been conveyed to his bedroom, he retired in company with a japanned candlestick, to one side of the house, while Mr.

The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context

Yolland dived into this rubbish, and brought up an old japanned tin case, with a cover to it, and a hasp to hang it up by-- the sort of thing they use, on board ship, for keeping their maps and charts, and such-like, from the wet.

The Moonstone by Collins, Wilkie View in context

My furniture, part of which I made myself -- and the rest cost me nothing of which I have not rendered an account -- consisted of a bed, a table, a desk, three chairs, a looking-glass three inches in diameter, a pair of tongs and andirons, a kettle, a skillet, and a frying-pan, a dipper, a wash-bowl, two knives and forks, three plates, one cup, one spoon, a jug for oil, a jug for molasses, and a japanned lamp.

Walden & on the Duty of Civil Disobedience by Thoreau, Henry David View in context

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