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# japan

«japan» in Mova's school dictionary: **Japan: an island country in East Asia, in the Pacific…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun, proper (Japan — a country, with a capital letter); also japan (lower case, rare): a hard shiny black varnish; adjective: Japanese

### meaning for a pupil

1) Japan: an island country in East Asia, in the Pacific Ocean; its capital city is Tokyo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#m1)

2) japan (rare): a hard, glossy black lacquer, and to coat something with it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In geography, Japan is made of four main islands and many small ones; it has many volcanoes and earthquakes, so children there practise earthquake drills — a link to safety lessons. Culture lessons mention sushi, origami, kimonos, cherry blossoms, bowing and anime. Phrases: in Japan, from Japan, Japanese (the language and people).

### examples

- Japan is an island country in Asia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x1)
- The capital of Japan is Tokyo. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x2)
- Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x3)
- Children in Japan practise earthquake drills at school. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x4)
- We folded paper cranes — origami comes from Japan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x5)
- People in Japan often bow to say hello. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x6)
- My cousin is learning Japanese. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x7)
- “This is Urashima Taro, from the country of Japan. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/#x8)

### note

Proper noun: always a capital J — Japan. A person from Japan is Japanese (not «Japan» or «Japanian»); the language is also Japanese. In Japanese the country is called Nihon or Nippon.

### In the corpora

- [Many TV cartoons are written in one country and drawn in another, often in South Korea, Japan or the Philippines.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/23-animation-flipbooks-stop-motion-computer-cartoons/13/)
- [Bon Odori is a calm circle dance at Japan's summer Obon festival, which honours the spirits of ancestors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/30-dances-of-the-world-and-dancing-at-parties/12/)
- [Japan has strict earthquake rules, and many buildings have flexible frames or shock-absorbing bases that let them move without breaking.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/34-buildings-and-architecture/13/)
- [Crows in Japan drop walnuts at traffic lights for cars to crack, and crows can remember a human face for years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/35-birds-of-every-kind/10/)
- [Ueno Zoo in Tokyo opened in 1882 and is Japan's oldest zoo; giant panda twins born there in 2021 drew huge crowds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/117-zoos-around-the-world-and-myths-put-right/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «japan» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/J/japan/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.