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Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner also the varnish or lacquer used in japanning...
Japan current
A branch of the equatorial current of the Pacific washing the eastern coast of Formosa and thence flowing northeastward past Japan and merging into the easterly drift of the North Pacific called also Kuro Siwo or Black Stream in allusion to the deep blue of its water It is similar in may ways to the Gulf Stream...
Declaration of war
Declaration of war. The formal announcement by one nation of an intention to treat another nation as an enemy and to commence hostilities, agreed to be necessary by the Hague Convention, 1907. In modern times the future belligerents, generally, are in a state of war before any declaration of war is made. Before this Convention was signed, in the war between Russia and Japan, the Japanese ambassador, on the 6th February, 1904, notified to Russia the rupture of negotiations and the cessation of diplomatic relations, hostile operations were commenced by Japan on the 8th February, and formal declarations of war were not made until the 10th of February by Japan, and 11th February by Russia. The British Declaration of War on Germany was made on the 4th August, 1914, after an ultimatum.The force of a declaration of war is equal to that of an Act of Parliament prohibiting intercourse with the enemy except by the king's license. As an act of State done by virtue of the prerogative it carries wi...
blowfish
a fish eaten as a delicacy especially in Japan It is highly dangerous because of a potent nerve poison tetrodotoxin in its ovaries and liver Chefs require special training to learn how to remove the poisonous parts and in Japan they must be licensed...
Hokkaido
The northernmost of the main islands of Japan Together with the islands of Honshu Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan...
Honshu
the main island of Japan Together with the islands of Hokkaido Kyushu and Shikoku it forms the bulk of the land area of Japan...
Mikado
The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan the emperor of Japan...
Shogun
A title originally conferred by the Mikado on the military governor of the eastern provinces of Japan By gradual usurpation of power the Shoguns known to foreigners as Tycoons became finally the virtual rulers of Japan The title was abolished in 1867...
Eurocurrency
Eurocurrency pl: -cies : currency (as from the U.S. and Japan) held outside its country of origin and used in the money markets of Europe ...
Bantam work
Carved and painted work in imitation of Japan ware...
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