1. [n]  lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
2. [n]  lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
3. [n]  a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
4. [n]  a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
5. [v]  lacquer with japan

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1. \Ja*pan"\, n. [From Japan, the country.]
   Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the
   varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
   

2. \Ja*pan"\, a.
   Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that
   country; as, Japan ware.
   {Japan allspice} (Bot.), a spiny shrub from Japan
      ({Chimonanthus fragrans}), related to the Carolina
      allspice.
   {Japan black} (Chem.), a quickly drying black lacquer or
      varnish, consisting essentially of asphaltum dissolved in
      naphtha or turpentine, and used for coating ironwork; --
      called also {Brunswick black}, {Japan lacquer}, or simply
      {Japan}.
   {Japan camphor}, ordinary camphor brought from China or
      Japan, as distinguished from the rare variety called
      borneol or Borneo camphor.
   {Japan clover}, or {Japan pea} (Bot.), a cloverlike plant
      ({Lespedeza striata}) from Eastern Asia, useful for
      fodder, first noticed in the Southern United States about
      1860, but now become very common. During the Civil War it
      was called variously {Yankee clover} and {Rebel clover}.
   {Japan earth}. See {Catechu}.
   {Japan ink}, a kind of writing ink, of a deep, glossy black
      when dry.
   {Japan varnish}, a varnish prepared from the milky juice of
      the {Rhus vernix}, a small Japanese tree related to the
      poison sumac.
   

3. \Ja*pan"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Japanned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Japanning}.]
   1. To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the
      manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.
   2. To give a glossy black to, as shoes. [R.] --Gay.