As proper nouns the difference between japan and otsu
is that japan is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located to the east of China, Korea and Russia while Otsu is capital city of Shiga prefecture, Japan.
As a noun japan
is a hard black enamel varnish containing asphalt.
As a verb japan
is to varnish with japan.
As an adjective otsu is
in Old Japanese, one of two sets of vowels of uncertain pronunciation which fell together in modern Japanese.
japan
Alternative forms
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Proper noun
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An island nation in the Pacific Ocean, located to the east of China, Korea and Russia.
Synonyms
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Derived terms
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* Japan allspice
* Japan black
* Japan camphor
* Japan clover
* Japan earth
* Japan ink
* Japan lacquer
* Japan pea
* Japan varnish
Related terms
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See also
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otsu
English
Adjective
(-)
(linguistics) In Old Japanese, one of two sets of vowels of uncertain pronunciation which fell together in modern Japanese.
*1991: Christopher Seeley, A History of Writing in Japan
*:Later—during the ninth century—the k?'' and ''otsu groups did come to be used interchangeably.
*2001: John R. Bentley, A Descriptive Grammar of Early Old Japanese Prose
*:He rejects the claim of Matsumoto (1984) that the kô'' and ''otsu -o- vowels are in complementary distribution, and therefore these two vowels are allophones of a single vowel.
See also
* otsu-rui
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Anagrams
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