(jə·pan′) noun
1. A varnish used as a medium in which to grind colors, and as a drier for pigments.
2. A hard jet–black lacquer for coating sheet metal; Brunswick–black.
—adjective Pertaining to or lacquered with japan.
—v.t. ·panned, ·pan·ning To lacquer with or as with japan. [from JAPAN]
—ja·pan′ner noun

(jə·pan′)
A constitutional empire of eastern Asia, comprising the four main islands of Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu, and Shikoku with many adjacent smaller islands; 147,692 square miles; capital, Tokyo: also Nihon, Nippon, Dai Nippon.