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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Japan, due to this varnishing process being an imitation of East Asian processes. Sense “to ordain” in reference to the black clothes worn by the clergy.
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Noun[edit]
japan (countable and uncountable, plural japans)
- A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
- Coordinate term: ebonization
- 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “Much Change in a Little Time”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 64:
- My own apartment, however, I was allowed to enter; and very pretty, I must say, it is. It is hung with Indian-silk, where the brightest of birds, and the gayest of flowers, disport themselves on a white ground. The screens and dressing-table are of black japan, while the mirror is set in exquisite silver filigree work, of which material are also the boxes of my toilette.
- Lacquerware.
Verb[edit]
japan (third-person singular simple present japans, present participle japanning, simple past and past participle japanned)
- (transitive) To varnish with japan.
- Coordinate term: ebonize
- (UK, slang, transitive, obsolete, religion) To ordain.
- 1826, George Colman, The Connoisseur, page 179:
- Jack, hearing that I was in this part of the world, sent me a very hearty letter, informing me, that he had been double-japanned (as he called it) about a year ago, and was the present incumbent of — […]
Translations[edit]
to varnish with japan
References[edit]
- “japan”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
japan c
- A person from Japan.
Declension[edit]
Declension of japan | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | japan | japanen | japaner | japanerna |
Genitive | japans | japanens | japaners | japanernas |
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