[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces.", "work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner.", "Japans,a variety of decorative motifs or patterns derived from Asian sources, used on English porcelain of the 18th and 19th centuries."]}, {"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["of or relating to japan."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to varnish with japan; lacquer.", "to coat with any material that gives a hard, black gloss."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["Japanese Nihon , Nippon .a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the eastern coast of Asia: main islands are Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km).:Tokyo.", "Sea of Ja·pan,a marginal sea bounded by North Korea, the Far Eastern mainland of Russia, the Russian island Sakhalin, Japan, and South Korea: largely enclosed from the Pacific Ocean and seldom affected by tides. East Sea(def) East Sea(def), Korean East Sea(def) Korean East Sea(def)."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["Japanese."]}]