Well attestedNamed from the place
japan
noun · first attested 17th century
The lacquer is simply the country, used as a verb.
A hard black lacquer, and to coat something with it.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 17th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Japan
- In English
japan
European workshops imitated East Asian lacquerwork and called the finish japan, then japanned things with it. The lower-case word is now rarer than the country.
Also pinned to Japan
2 more from the same place
Japan
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