tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood
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
any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that resemble cedars
durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees; especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar chests
coat with a lacquer, as done in Japan
lacquerware decorated and varnished in the Japanese manner with a glossy durable black lacquer
any cedar of the genus Cedrus
