ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America
twining shrub of North America having yellow capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
poisonous perennial Old World vine having violet flowers and oval coral-red berries; widespread weed in North America
a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
lacquer with a durable glossy black finish, originally from the orient
coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
