Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to japan
Participle: japaned
Gerund: japaning
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | japan |
| you | japan |
| he;she;it | japans |
| we | japan |
| you | japan |
| they | japan |
Perfect
| I | have japaned |
| you | have japaned |
| he;she;it | has japaned |
| we | have japaned |
| you | have japaned |
| they | have japaned |
Past
| I | japaned |
| you | japaned |
| he;she;it | japaned |
| we | japaned |
| you | japaned |
| they | japaned |
Pluperfect
| I | had japaned |
| you | had japaned |
| he;she;it | had japaned |
| we | had japaned |
| you | had japaned |
| they | had japaned |
Future
| I | will japan |
| you | will japan |
| he;she;it | will japan |
| we | will japan |
| you | will japan |
| they | will japan |
Future Perfect
| I | will have japaned |
| you | will have japaned |
| he;she;it | will have japaned |
| we | will have japaned |
| you | will have japaned |
| they | will have japaned |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | japan |
| you | japan |
| he;she;it | japan |
| we | japan |
| you | japan |
| they | japan |
Perfect
| I | have japaned |
| you | have japaned |
| he;she;it | have japaned |
| we | have japaned |
| you | have japaned |
| they | have japaned |
Imperfect
| I | japaned |
| you | japaned |
| he;she;it | japaned |
| we | japaned |
| you | japaned |
| they | japaned |
Pluperfect
| I | had japaned |
| you | had japaned |
| he;she;it | had japaned |
| we | had japaned |
| you | had japaned |
| they | had japaned |
Conditional
Present
| I | would japan |
| you | would japan |
| he;she;it | would japan |
| we | would japan |
| you | would japan |
| they | would japan |
Perfect
| I | would have japaned |
| you | would have japaned |
| he;she;it | would have japaned |
| we | would have japaned |
| you | would have japaned |
| they | would have japaned |
Imperative
| you | japan |
| we | Let's japan |
| you | japan |
Verbs conjugated like 'japan'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'japan'
apay,
capon,
jap,
jape,
jawn,
layan,
paean,
pan,
rejapan,
span,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Japan, due to this varnishing process being an imitation of East Asian processes. Sense “to ordain” in reference to the black clothes worn by the clergy.
Verbs referencing "japan"
Irish
seapán.
Sample Sentences
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He fastens his plates by fine srews in any waving or curving lines, and then japans them in all the most varied and beautiful shades. [1847, editorial staff, “Veneering Metal Plates”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68:]
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Piled against the wall were certain boxes of black japanned tin, which had just been sent to him from London. At any other time he would certainly not have left them unopened. For they contained his robes of the Garter. [1911 October 26, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson, or, An Oxford Love Story, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: John Lane Company, published 1912, →OCLC:]
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Among other monstrosities in this lumber room was a largeish black japanned box, excellently and ingeniously made some sixty or seventy years ago, and fitted with every imaginable object. [1928, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, chapter XI, in Lady Chatterley’s Lover, [Germany?]: Privately printed, →OCLC, page 241:]
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A Zoetrope in the same sale fetched 26 guineas. The revolving drum, 12 inches in diameter, was black japanned, on a turned wooden base, and there were many coloured strips. [1971, Gwen White, Antique Toys And Their Background, page 183:]
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Jack, hearing that I was in this part of the world, sent me a very hearty letter, informing me, that he had been double-japanned (as he called it) about a year ago, and was the present incumbent of — […] [1826, George Colman, The Connoisseur, page 179:]