Japan Stream
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Japan Stream — Oceanog. See Japan Current … Useful english dictionary
Japan Current — a warm ocean current in the Pacific, flowing N along the E coast of Taiwan, NE along the E coast of Japan, and continuing in an easterly direction into the open Pacific. Also called Japan Stream, Kuroshio, Black Stream. * * * … Universalium
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
JAPAN — JAPAN, Asian state. In early medieval times Jews from Europe and the Middle East may have been involved in trade with Japan through their connection with the silk route. Later, during Japan s so called Christian Century (1542–1639), some Jews… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Stream Brown Frog — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification King … Wikipedia
japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… … Universalium
Japan — /jeuh pan /, n. 1. a constitutional monarchy on a chain of islands off the E coast of Asia: main islands, Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku. 125,716,637; 141,529 sq. mi. (366,560 sq. km). Cap.: Tokyo. Japanese, Nihon, Nippon. 2. Sea of, the… … Universalium
Japan — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Japan (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
Black Stream — Japan current 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Black Stream — Japan Current … Eponyms, nicknames, and geographical games
