Vocabulary : Janus-faced to Jape
Janus-faced : Double-faced; deceitful.Janus-headed : Double-headed.
Japan : Work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner; also, the varnish or lacquer used in japanning. ;; Of or pertaining to Japan, or to the lacquered work of that country; as, Japan ware. ;; To cover with a coat of hard, brilliant varnish, in the manner of the Japanese; to lacquer. ;; To give a glossy black to, as shoes.
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.
Japanese : Of or pertaining to Japan, or its inhabitants. ;; A native or inhabitant of Japan; collectively, the people of Japan. ;; The language of the people of Japan.
