Definition of "Japan" :

noun: lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

noun: lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

noun: 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

noun: a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

verb: coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan