English > Nippon: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building. |
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| Synonyms | Japan, Nihon |
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| Instance of | Asian country, Asian nation | Any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent |
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| Members | Japanese, Nipponese | A native or inhabitant of Japan |
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| Part of | Asia | The largest continent with 60% of the earth's population |
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| Parts | Asahikawa | A city on western Hokkaido that is the center of a fertile agricultural area |
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| Asama, Mount Asama | A volcano in central Honshu near Nagano |
| Fuji, Mount Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujinoyama, Fuji-san | An extinct volcano in south central Honshu that is the highest peak in Japan |
| Fukuoka | A city in southern Japan on Kyushu |
| Iwo Jima | The largest of the Volcano Islands of Japan |
| Kammon Strait Bridge | A suspension bridge between Kyushu and Honshu |
| Kitakyushu | A Japanese city on northern Kyushu |
| Kyoto | A city in central Japan on southern Honshu |
| Nagano | A city in central Honshu to the northwest of Tokyo |
| Nagasaki | A city in southern Japan on Kyushu |
| Nagoya | An industrial city in southern Honshu |
| Naha City | The chief city in the Ryukyu Islands |
| Omiya | A city of east central Honshu |
| Osaka | port city on southern Honshu on Osaka Bay |
| Ryukyu Islands | A chain of 55 islands in the western Pacific to the to the southwest of Japan (returned by United States to Japan in 1972) |
| Sapporo | A commercial city in northern Japan on western Hokkaido |
| Tokyo, Tokio, Yeddo, Yedo, Edo, Japanese capital, capital of Japan | The capital and largest city of Japan |
| Toyohashi | A Japanese city in southern Honshu on the Pacific shore |
| Toyonaki | A Japanese city in southern Honshu |
| Toyota | An industrial city of Japan in southern Honshu |
| Volcano Islands | A group of Japanese Islands in the northwestern Pacific Ocean to the north of the Marianas |
| Yokohama | port city on southeastern Honshu in central Japan |
| Region of | Aum Shinrikyo, Aum, Supreme Truth | A terrorist organization whose goal is to take over Japan and then the world |
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| Chukaku-Ha | An ultra-leftist militant group founded in 1957 from the breakup of the Japanese Communist Party |
| Esaki, Leo Esaki | physicist honored for advances in solid state electronics (born in Japan in 1925) |
| Japanese | The language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese |
| Japanese Red Army, JRA, Anti-Imperialist International Brigade | A terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution |
| Ozawa, Seiji Ozawa | United States conductor (born in Japan in 1935) |
| Ryukyuan | The language (related to Japanese) that is spoken by the people of the Ryukyu Islands |
| Shingon | A form of Buddhism emphasizing mystical symbolism of mantras and mudras and the Buddha's ideal which is inexpressible |
| acupressure, G-Jo, shiatsu | treatment of symptoms by applying pressure with the fingers to specific pressure points on the body |
| diet | A legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Japan) |
| futon | mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame |
| go, go game | A board game for two players who place counters on a grid |
| harakiri, hara-kiri, harikari, seppuku | ritual suicide by self-disembowelment on a sword |
| jujutsu, jujitsu, jiujitsu | A method of self-defense without weapons that was developed in China and Japan |
| kamikaze | A fighter plane used for suicide missions by Japanese pilots in World War II |
| kamikaze | A pilot trained and willing / willing to cause a suicidal crash |
| karate | A traditional Japanese system of unarmed combat |
| koto player | A musician who plays the koto |
| miso | A thick paste made from fermented soybeans and barley or rice malt |
| ninjutsu, ninjitsu | The traditional Japanese method of espionage |
| origami | The Japanese art of folding paper into shapes representing objects (e.g., flowers or birds) |
| prefecture | The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) |
| sake, saki, rice beer | Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice |
| sashimi | Very thinly sliced raw fish |
| shogi | A form of chess played on a board of 81 squares |
| shoji | A translucent screen made of a wooden frame covered with rice paper |
| sukiyaki | Thin beef strips (or chicken or pork) cooked briefly at the table with onions and greens and soy sauce |
| sumo | A Japanese form of wrestling |
| sumo wrestler | A wrestler who participates in sumo (a Japanese form of wrestling) |
| sushi | rice (with raw fish) wrapped in seaweed |
| tea ceremony, chanoyu | An ancient ritual for preparing and serving and drinking tea |
| tempura | vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried |
| wasabi | The thick green root of the wasabi plant that the Japanese use in cooking and that tastes like strong horseradish |
| yakuza | organized crime in Japan |
| yakuza | A Japanese gangster |
| Spanish | Japan, Japón, Nihon |
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| Catalan | Japó |
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