japan

1. 1.

   coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

   Broaderlacquer

   handicraft

Other forms of japan

plural

japans·

past tense or participle

japanned

present participle

japanning

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about japan

What does japan mean?

japan means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in japan?

japan has 2 syllables: ja-pan. The stress falls on "pan". In IPA it is /dʒəˈpæn/.

What is another word for japan?

Close synonyms include Japanese Islands, Japanese Archipelago, Nippon, Nihon. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is japan a common word?

japan is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with japan?

3 words rhyme with japan. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.