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How to use japan in a sentence

23 example sentences · noun, verb

Japan means a hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt. Example: “Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.”

Examples of japan by meaning

verbTo varnish (something) with japan.

  • Piled against the wall were certain boxes of black japanned tin, which had just been sent to him from London.1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published...
  • Among other monstrosities in this lumber room was a largeish black japanned box, excellently and ingeniously made some sixty or seventy years ago, and fitted with every imaginable object.1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XI, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 241
  • The revolving drum, 12 inches in diameter, was black japanned, on a turned wooden base, and there were many coloured strips.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 183

More sentences with japan

  • Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.From the entry export
  • Japan couldn't be more different than the United States.From the entry couldn't be more different
  • Japan applauds NATO’s identification of China as a threat in the Strategic Concept.2022 July 1, The Japan Times Editorial Board, “Groundbreaking NATO summit means work for Japan”, in The Japan Times, archived from the…. From the entry threat
  • Japan West, an LA restaurant in the '80s, made a huge impression on my sauces.2020, Alvin Cailan, Alexandra Cuerdo, Amboy: Recipes from the Filipino-American Dream, Houghton Mifflin, →ISBN, page 60. From the entry teriyaki
  • Japan, however, has developed the distinctive cycling subculture of Keirin racing.2016, Glen Norcliffe, Critical Geographies of Cycling: History, Political Economy and Culture, Routledge, →ISBN. From the entry keirin
  • Japan Society will honor it with kamishibai, a traditional form of puppet theater.2007 May 4, The New York Times, “Spare Times for Children”, in New York Times. From the entry kamishibai
  • Japan then began to station troops in southern Manchuria and established its Kwantung Army headquarters in Lüshunkou.1999 [1995], Chen Yun, Selected Works of Chen Yun, volume III, Beijing: Foreign Languages Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 399. From the entry Lüshunkou
  • Around the table in the bay window, the slim, japanned dining chairs.1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34. From the entry antimacassar
  • Japan would soon be the world's third-ranking industrial power, behind the United States and the Soviet Union.1978, Richard Nixon, RN: the Memoirs of Richard Nixon, Grosset & Dunlap, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 282. From the entry mainland China
  • Japan and China also produced Noah's arks, where Noah was known as Fohi.1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 59. From the entry section
  • Japan wax is compatible with beeswax, cocoa butter, and glycerides.2011, NIIR Board of Consultants & Engineers, The Complete Technology Book on Wax and Polishes, page 51. From the entry Japan wax
  • Japan is an island nation in East Asia comprising a large stratovolcanic archipelago extending along the Pacific coast of Asia.2008, Rutger de Graaf, Urban Water in Japan, page 1. From the entry stratovolcanic
  • Japan glowed dimly in the foreign policy firmament.1997, Michael Schaller, “Japan: From Enemy to Ally, 1945–50”, in Altered States: The United States and Japan since the Occupation, New…. From the entry firmament
  • Japan took advantage of Chinese defeats in Inner Mongolia.1948, Thomas E. Ennis, edited by Walter Consuelo Langsam, Eastern Asia, J. B. Lippincott Company, page 434. From the entry Kweisui
  • Japan tallow and beeswax were mixed in various proportions and the melting points, solidifying points and densities of the mixtures observed.1910, Interstate Druggist - Volume 44, page 150. From the entry Japan tallow
  • Japan has island disputes with all three of its neighbours, Russia, South Korea and China, leaving it diplomatically isolated in its near-abroad.2013 January 5, “Japanese foreign policy: Down-turn Abe”, in The Economist, retrieved 09 Jan 2013. From the entry near abroad
  • Japan, Spain, China and Germany are among those with superspeedy trains that rival air travel and easily eclipse the irritations of a car trip.2009 August 1, “America’s Not-So-Fast Trains”, in New York Times. From the entry superspeedy
  • Japan: Use family names first, followed by given names, but be aware that some may introduce themselves to Westerners with their given name first.2004, Gwyneth Olofsson, When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh...: Cultural Q&As for Successful Business Behavior Around the World, page 17. From the entry given name
  • Japan reinforced its strict stance in January when a court upheld the country’s ban against dual citizenship, rejecting a lawsuit filed by Japanese citizens living in Europe.2021 March 15, Jessie Yeung, “These Asian countries are giving dual citizens an ultimatum on nationality – and loyalty”, in CNN, archived…. From the entry Asian
  • Japan has often displayed a tin ear to South Korean sensitivities over the island, which it calls Takeshima, having acquired it in the process of annexing Korea.2012 August 18, “Ripping yarns: A revived spat between Japan and South Korea unsettles the United States”, in The Economist, archived from…. From the entry tin ear

Meaning of japan

  1. noun A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
  2. noun Lacquerware.
  3. verb To varnish (something) with japan.

Full definition of japan

Questions about japan in a sentence

How do you use japan in a sentence?
Japan is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.”
What is a short sentence with japan?
“Japan exports electronic goods throughout the world.”
What does japan mean?
Japan means a hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.

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