Japan vs. China

Japannoun

A hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.

Japannoun

Lacquerware.

Japanverb

(transitive) To varnish with japan.

Japannoun

Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning.

Japanadjective

Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware.

Japanverb

To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer.

Japanverb

To give a glossy black to, as shoes.

Japannoun

a string of more than 3,000 islands east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean

Japannoun

a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building

Japannoun

lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer

Japannoun

lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient

Japanverb

coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

Japan

Japan (Japanese: 日本, Nippon [ɲippoꜜɴ] (listen) or Nihon [ɲihoꜜɴ] (listen)) is an island country in East Asia, located in the northwest Pacific Ocean. It is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, and extends from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north toward the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south.

Chinanoun

(uncountable) nodot=a, a hard white translucent ceramic made from kaolin, now sometimes distinguished in reference to tableware as fine or good china.

Chinanoun

(uncountable) Chinaware: porcelain tableware.

Chinanoun

Cheaper and lower-quality ceramic and ceramic tableware, distinguished from porcelain.

Chinanoun

(uncountable) nodot=a, the root of Smilax china (particularly) as a medicine.

Chinanoun

: worsted or woolen stuff.

Chinanoun

(countable) nodot=a, in its various senses.

Chinanoun

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Chinanoun

Tea from China, (particularly) varieties cured by smoking or opposed to Indian cultivars.

Chinanoun

A glazed china marble.

Chinanoun

A kind of drum cymbal approximating a Chinese style of cymbal, but usually with Turkish influences.

Chinanoun

A country in Eastern Asia.

Chinanoun

China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain.

Chinanoun

a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

Chinanoun

high quality porcelain originally made only in China

Chinanoun

a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the communists led by Mao Zedong

Chinanoun

dishware made of china

China

China (Chinese: 中国; pinyin: Zhōngguó; lit. 'Central State; Middle Kingdom'), officially the People's Republic of China (Chinese: 中华人民共和国; pinyin: Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó; PRC), is a country in East Asia and unitary one-party socialist republic of led by the Communist Party of China (CPC).