Japanning

What does JAPANNING mean?

Japanning is a form of JAPAN.

1. 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

2. noun

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

3. noun

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

4. noun

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

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.