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# japan

noun, proper (Japan — a country, with a capital letter); also japan (lower case, rare): a hard shiny black varnish; adjective: Japanese

«japan» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Japan: an island country in East Asia, in the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is Tokyo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#m1)
2. japan (rare): a hard, glossy black lacquer, and to coat something with it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography, Japan is made of four main islands and many small ones; it has many volcanoes and earthquakes, so children there practise earthquake drills — a link to safety lessons. Culture lessons mention sushi, origami, kimonos, cherry blossoms, bowing and anime. Phrases: in Japan, from Japan, Japanese (the language and people).

### Examples

- Japan is an island country in Asia. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x1)
- The capital of Japan is Tokyo. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x2)
- Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x3)
- Children in Japan practise earthquake drills at school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x4)
- We folded paper cranes — origami comes from Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x5)
- People in Japan often bow to say hello. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x6)
- My cousin is learning Japanese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x7)
- “This is Urashima Taro, from the country of Japan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x8)

### Note

Proper noun: always a capital J — Japan. A person from Japan is Japanese (not «Japan» or «Japanian»); the language is also Japanese. In Japanese the country is called Nihon or Nippon.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «japan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«japan» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/japan.html) on Mova free.