# japanning

Pronunciation: say "juh-PAN-ing" /d͡ʒəˈpænɪŋ/

## Verb

1. Present participle and gerund of japan. — present participle and gerund of japan
   - Simple: Present participle and gerund of japan. Use this form for the action happening now or as the name of the activity.
   - _The craftsman spent the whole afternoon japanning a set of metal serving trays._
   - _Japanning the cabinet required several coats of dark, glossy lacquer._

## Noun

2. A European technique for making lacquerware that imitates the traditional Japanese style.
   - Simple: A way of covering wood or metal with a hard, shiny coating to copy an old Japanese style.
   - _The museum displays several trays finished with japanning in the eighteenth-century English style._
   - _Japanning allowed European workshops to produce glossy black goods resembling imported Asian lacquerware._

## Origin

Formed from "japan" combined with the suffix "-ing".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/japanning (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).