Japanese
/ˌdʒæp.əˈniːz/ adjective A1- Of, relating to, derived from, or characteristic of Japan, its people, language, or culture. · A Japanese saw is one that cuts on the pull stroke rather than on the push stroke.· In the United States, Japanese animation has had a tremendous surge in popularity over the last few years.
- Of or relating to the Yamato people. · The Ainu were subject to forced assimilation by the Japanese since at least the 18th century.
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The rest of the furniture of this privileged apartment consisted of old cabinets, filled with Chinese porcelain and Japanese vases, Lucca della Robbia faïences, and Palissy platters; of old armchairs, in which perhaps had sat Henry IV.
Cloth of gold for coverlet there was none, but an old piano scarf of yellow Japanese crepe was an excellent substitute.
I have some knowledge, however, of baritsu, or the Japanese system of wrestling, which has more than once been very useful to me.
Then he arranged all his beautiful Turkish arms, his fine English guns, his Japanese china, his cups mounted in silver, his artistic bronzes by Feuchères or Barye; examined the cupboards, and placed the key in each; threw into a drawer of his secretaire, which he left open, all the pocket-money he had about him, and with it the thousand fancy jewels from his vases and his jewel-boxes; then he made an exact inventory of everything, and placed it in the most conspicuous part of the table, after putting aside the books and papers which had collected there.
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