japan

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 108940154)
    is an instance of: archipelago - a group of many islands in a large body of water
    has:
    • ezo, hokkaido, yezo - the second largest of the four main islands of Japan; to the north of Honshu
    • hondo, honshu - the central and largest of the four main islands of Japan; between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean; regarded as the Japanese mainland
    • kyushu - the southernmost of the four main islands of Japan; contains coal fields
    • shikoku - the smallest of the four main islands of Japan; to the south of Honshu and to the east of Kyushu; separated from Honshu by the Inland Sea; forested and mountainous
    • osaka bay - a bay of the western Pacific in southern Honshu
    is a part of: pacific, pacific ocean - the largest ocean in the world
    same as: japanese archipelago, japanese islands
  2. A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago;
    A world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building (synset 108941623)
    domain member region:
    • hara-kiri, harakiri, harikari, seppuku - ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword; practiced by samurai in the traditional Japanese society
    • sumo - a Japanese form of wrestling; you lose if you are forced out of a small ring or if any part of your body (other than your feet) touches the ground
    • go, go game - a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters
    • shogi - a form of chess played on a board of 81 squares; each player has 20 pieces
    • acupressure, g-jo, shiatsu - treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body
    • jiujitsu, jujitsu, jujutsu - a method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan; holds and blows are supplemented by clever use of the attacker's own weight and strength
    • ninjitsu, ninjutsu - the traditional Japanese method of espionage; involves stealthy movements and the use of camouflage
    • karate - a traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat; sharp blows and kicks are given to pressure-sensitive points on the body of the opponent
    • origami - the Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds)
    • chanoyu, tea ceremony - an ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea
    • futon - mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame
    • kamikaze - a fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II
    • shoji - a translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper
    • shingon - a form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible
    • japanese - the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese
    • ryukyuan - the language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands
    • miso - a thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt; used in Japanese cooking to make soups or sauces
    • wasabi - the thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish; in powder or paste form it is often eaten with raw fish
    • sukiyaki - thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce
    • sashimi - very thinly sliced raw fish
    • sushi - rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed
    • tempura - vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
    • rice beer, sake, saki - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot
    • aum, aum shinrikyo, supreme truth - a terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world; based on a religion founded in 1987 that combines elements of Buddhism with Christianity
    • chukaku-ha - an ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party; includes a covert action wing
    • anti-imperialist international brigade, japanese red army, jra - a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
    • yakuza - organized crime in Japan; an alliance of criminal organizations and illegal enterprises
    • diet - a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan)
    • prefecture - the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)
    • kamikaze - a pilot trained and willing to cause a suicidal crash
    • koto player - a musician who plays the koto
    • sumo wrestler - a wrestler who participates in sumo (a Japanese form of wrestling)
    • yakuza - a Japanese gangster
    • esaki, leo esaki - physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925)
    • ozawa, seiji ozawa - United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935)
    is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
    member holonym: japanese, nipponese - a native or inhabitant of Japan
    has:
    • kammon strait bridge - a suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu
    • asahikawa - a city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area
    • capital of japan, edo, japanese capital, tokio, tokyo, yeddo, yedo - the capital and largest city of Japan; the economic and cultural center of Japan
    • nagano - a city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo; site of a Buddhist shrine
    • nagoya - an industrial city in southern Honshu
    • omiya - a city of east central Honshu; a suburb of Tokyo
    • osaka - port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay; a commercial and industrial center of Japan
    • yokohama - port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan
    • naha city - the chief city in the Ryukyu Islands
    • ryukyu islands - a chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972)
    • kyoto - a city in central Japan on southern Honshu; a famous cultural center that was once the capital of Japan
    • sapporo - a commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido
    • kitakyushu - a Japanese city on northern Kyushu
    • fukuoka - a city in southern Japan on Kyushu
    • nagasaki - a city in southern Japan on Kyushu; a leading port and shipbuilding center; on August 9, 1945 Nagasaki became the second populated area to receive an atomic bomb
    • toyohashi - a Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore
    • toyonaki - a Japanese city in southern Honshu; main residential suburb of Osaka
    • toyota - an industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu
    • asama, mount asama - a volcano in central Honshu near Nagano; one of the largest volcanoes in Japan (8,340 feet)
    • volcano islands - a group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas
    • iwo jima - the largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan
    • fuji, fuji-san, fujinoyama, fujiyama, mount fuji - an extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan; last erupted in 1707; famous for its symmetrical snow-capped peak; a sacred mountain and site for pilgrimages
    is a part of: asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
    same as: nihon, nippon
  3. Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer (synset 103598549)
    is a type of: lacquerware - a decorative work made of wood and covered with lacquer and often inlaid with ivory or precious metals
  4. Lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient (synset 103598409)
    is a type of: lacquer - a hard glossy coating
Verb
  1. Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan (synset 201686841)
    referred to in: handicraft - a craft that requires skillful hands
    is a type of: lacquer - coat with lacquer

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