To give a glossy black to, as shoes.

A loose term for hard resinous varnishes that are either mixed with paints to achieve an opaque gloss, or they're cheap enamel paints, most often black and used to decorate articles made with sheet iron.

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

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

coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan

Dark varnish like Japanese lacquer, often applied to floorboards and door hardware

A varnish yielding a hard, glossy, dark colored film.

A country located on the western edge of the Pacific Ocean that participated in World War II.

Nihon or Nippon, officially 日本国 Nihon-koku or Nippon-koku) is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of China, Korea, and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name literally mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun."

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Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) 1-3-4, Ote-machi Chiyoda-ku Tokyo, Japan National Space Development Agency (NASDA) World Trade Center Building 2-4-1, Hamamatsu-chu Minato-ku Tokyo, Japan Remote Sensing Technology Center of Japan 7-15-7 Uni-Roppongi Building Miriato-ku Tokyo 106, Japan