1. A black enamel or lacquer used to produce a durable glossy finish.
2. an object decorated with this substance.
3. to decorate with a black enamel or lacquer.
4. to coat with a glossy finish.

1. A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
2. lacquer ware.
3. to varnish with japan.

1. of or pertaining to japan, or to the lacquered work of that country.
2. work varnished and figured in the japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.
3. to cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the japanese; to lacquer.
4. to give a glossy black to, as shoes.

1. of or pertaining to japan: as, japan varnish (now written “japan varnish,” without reference to the country); japan work, etc.
2. work varnished and figured in the manner practised by the natives of japan.
3. A liquid having somewhat the nature of a varnish, made by cooking gum shellac with linseed-oil in a varnish-kettle.
4. an asphaltum varnish.
5. A black cane.
6. to varnish with japan; cover with any material which gives a hard black gloss.
7. to invest with the black coat of a clergyman; ordain.

1. coat with a lacquer, as done in japan
2. lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
3. 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
4. lacquerware decorated and varnished in the japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
5. a constitutional monarchy occupying the japanese archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building