snipe | a gunshot from a concealed location |
snipe hunt | an elaborate practical joke in which the unsuspecting victim hunts a snipe and is typically left in the dark holding a bag and waiting for the snipe to run into it, in the South a snipe hunt is practically a rite of passage |
Japanese stranglehold | a wrestling hold in which the opponent's arms are crossed in front of his own neck to exert pressure on his windpipe |
Chino-Japanese War Sino-Japanese War | a war between China and Japan ( and ) over the control of the Korean Peninsula, China was overwhelmingly defeated at Port Arthur |
Russo-Japanese War | Japanese victory in the war with Russia (-) gave Japan power over Korea and Manchuria |
Japanese oyster Ostrea gigas | a large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States, a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay |
American woodcock woodcock snipe Philohela minor | small long-billed woodcock, prized as a game bird |
snipe | Old or New World straight-billed game bird of the sandpiper family, of marshy areas, similar to the woodcocks |
whole snipe Gallinago gallinago | common snipe of Eurasia and Africa |
Wilson's snipe Gallinago gallinago delicata | American snipe |
great snipe woodcock snipe Gallinago media | Old World snipe larger and darker than the whole snipe |
jacksnipe half snipe Limnocryptes minima | a small short-billed Old World snipe |
red-breasted snipe Limnodromus scolopaceus | a dowitcher with a red breast |
Japanese spaniel | breed of toy dogs originating in Japan having a silky black-and-white or red-and-white coat |
Japanese beetle Popillia japonica | small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia, serious plant pest in North America |
Japanese deer sika Cervus nipon Cervus sika | small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers |
Japanese | the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese |
loquat Japanese plum | yellow olive-sized semitropical fruit with a large free stone and relatively little flesh, used for jellies |
Japanese crab | crabmeat usually canned, from Japan |
Japanese Red Army JRA Anti-Imperialist International Brigade | a terrorist group organized into overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution, is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists, in the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel |
Japan Japanese Islands Japanese Archipelago | a string of more than , islands to the east of Asia extending , miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean |
Tokyo Tokio Yeddo Yedo Edo Japanese capital capital of Japan | the capital and largest city of Japan, the economic and cultural center of Japan |
Japanese deity | a deity worshipped by the Japanese |
Japanese Nipponese | a native or inhabitant of Japan |
Japanese red pine Japanese table pine Pinus densiflora | pine native to Japan and Korea having a wide-spreading irregular crown when mature, grown as an ornamental |
Japanese black pine black pine Pinus thunbergii | large Japanese ornamental having long needles in bunches of , widely planted in United States because of its resistance to salt and smog |
Japanese cedar Japan cedar sugi Cryptomeria japonica | tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood |
Japanese umbrella pine Sciadopitys verticillata | tall evergreen having a symmetrical spreading crown and needles growing in whorls that resemble umbrellas at ends of twigs |
Japanese yew Taxus cuspidata | shrubby hardy evergreen of China and Japan having lustrous dark green foliage, cultivated in the eastern United States |
Japanese barberry Berberis thunbergii | compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries, widespread in cultivation especially for hedges |
Japan allspice Japanese allspice winter sweet Chimonanthus praecox | deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers |
Chinese evergreen Japanese leaf Aglaonema modestum | erect or partially climbing herb having large green or variegated leaves |
Japanese angelica tree Aralia elata | deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree, adventive in the eastern United States |
Japanese pink Dianthus chinensis heddewigii | a flowering variety of China pink distinguished by jagged-edged petals |
radish daikon Japanese radish Raphanus sativus longipinnatus | radish of Japan with a long hard durable root eaten raw or cooked |
Japanese brome Japanese chess Bromus japonicus | grass of Mediterranean and temperate Asia |
Japanese millet billion-dollar grass Japanese barnyard millet sanwa millet Echinochloa frumentacea | coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage, important wildlife food in United States |
Manila grass Japanese carpet grass Zoysia matrella | lawn grass common in the Philippines, grown also in United States |
Korean lawn grass Japanese lawn grass Zoysia japonica | lawn grass common in China and Japan, grown also in United States |
Chinese parasol tree Chinese parasol Japanese varnish tree phoenix tree Firmiana simplex | deciduous tree widely grown in southern United States as an ornamental for its handsome maplelike foliage and long racemes of yellow-green flowers followed by curious leaflike pods |
Japanese linden Japanese lime Tilia japonica | medium-sized tree of Japan used as an ornamental |
andromeda Japanese andromeda lily-of-the-valley tree Pieris japonica | broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers |
Japanese beech | a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood |
Japanese chestnut Castanea crenata | a spreading tree of Japan that has a short trunk |
Japanese oak Lithocarpus glabra Lithocarpus glaber | small evergreen tree of China and Japan |
Japanese oak Quercus mongolica Quercus grosseserrata | oak with moderately light fine-grained wood, Japan |
Japanese privet Ligustrum japonicum | evergreen shrub of Japan and Korea having small dark leaves and flowers in loose panicles, related to but smaller than Chinese privet |
Japanese tree lilac Syringa reticulata Syringa amurensis japonica | small tree of Japan having narrow pointed leaves and creamy-white flowers |
Japanese lilac Syringa villosa | lilac of northern China having ovate leaves and profuse early summer rose-lilac flowers |
Japanese banana Musa basjoo | Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan |