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 →

2) japan (rare): a hard, glossy black lacquer, and to coat something with it. tree →

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 →
• The capital of Japan is Tokyo. tree →
• Mount Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan. tree →
• Children in Japan practise earthquake drills at school. tree →
• We folded paper cranes — origami comes from Japan. tree →
• People in Japan often bow to say hello. tree →
• My cousin is learning Japanese. tree →
• “This is Urashima Taro, from the country of Japan. tree →

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.
• Bon Odori is a calm circle dance at Japan's summer Obon festival, which honours the spirits of ancestors.
• Japan has strict earthquake rules, and many buildings have flexible frames or shock-absorbing bases that let them move without breaking.
• Crows in Japan drop walnuts at traffic lights for cars to crack, and crows can remember a human face for years.
• Ueno Zoo in Tokyo opened in 1882 and is Japan's oldest zoo; giant panda twins born there in 2021 drew huge crowds.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «japan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.