japan

Japan has 2 syllables: ja · pan.

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

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

verb. Coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan.

noun. Lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer.