Sea of Japan

Sea of Japan
A body of water between Japan and the Asian continent.

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  • Sea of Japan — Japanese name …   Wikipedia

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  • Sea of Japan — noun an arm of the Pacific between China and Japan • Syn: ↑East Sea • Instance Hypernyms: ↑sea • Part Holonyms: ↑Pacific, ↑Pacific Ocean …   Useful english dictionary

  • Sea of Japan — section of the Pacific Ocean which lies between Japan and Korea …   English contemporary dictionary

  • The Sea of Japan naming dispute — There is a dispute over using the name Sea of Japan to refer to the sea bordered by Russia, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea. Although Sea of Japan , or equivalent translations, are commonly used in international productions, North and South… …   Wikipedia

  • Japan — • Called in the language of the country Nihon or Nippon (Land of the Rising Sun), and Dai Nihon or Dai Nippon (Great Japan), situated north west of the Pacific Ocean and east of the Asiatic continent Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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  • japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …   Universalium

  • Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… …   Universalium

  • Japan, Sea of — or East Sea Branch of the western Pacific Ocean, bounded by Japan, by Sakhalin Island, and by Russia and Korea on the Asian mainland. It has a surface area of about 377,600 sq mi (978,000 sq km), a mean depth of 5,748 ft (1,752 m), and a maximum… …   Universalium

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