the first day of the year
<noun.time>

January 1

New Year's

New Year's Day

(Roman Catholic Church) a holy day of obligation
<noun.time>

January 1

Solemnity of Mary

(Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Church) feast day celebrating the circumcision of Jesus; celebrated on January 1st
<noun.time>

Circumcision

Feast of the Circumcision

January 1

celebrated in southern United States
<noun.time>

January 19

Lee's Birthday

Robert E Lee Day

Robert E Lee's Birthday

the day designated for inauguration of the United States President
<noun.time>

Inauguration Day

January 20

a Christian holy day
<noun.time>

January 20

Saint Agnes's Eve

twelve days after Christmas; celebrates the visit of the three wise men to the infant Jesus
<noun.time>

Epiphany

Epiphany of Our Lord

January 6

Three Kings' Day

Twelfth day

(Roman mythology) the Roman god of doorways and passages; is depicted with two faces on opposite sides of his head
<noun.person>

Janus

having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past
<adj.all>

Janus-faced

two-faced

sample sentences

"Janus the two-faced god"

marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
<adj.all>

Janus-faced

ambidextrous

deceitful

double-dealing

double-faced

double-tongued

duplicitous

two-faced

sample sentences

"she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill
"a double-dealing double agent"
"a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

having or concerned with polarities or contrasts
<adj.all>

Janus-faced

sample sentences

"a Janus-faced view of history"
"a Janus-faced policy"

(offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
<noun.person>

Jap

Nip

a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
<noun.location>

Japan

Japanese Archipelago

Japanese Islands

a constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building
<noun.location>

Japan

Nihon

Nippon

a depression in the floor of the Pacific Ocean to the northeast of Japan that reaches depths of 30,000 feet
<noun.object>

Japan Trench

deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
<noun.plant>

Chimonanthus praecox

Japan allspice

Japanese allspice

winter sweet

ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America
<noun.plant>

Celastric articulatus

Celastrus orbiculatus

Japan bittersweet

Japanese bittersweet

oriental bittersweet

tall evergreen of Japan and China yielding valuable soft wood
<noun.plant>

Cryptomeria japonica

Japan cedar

Japanese cedar

sugi

a warm ocean current that flows northeastwardly off the coast of Japan into the northern Pacific ocean
<noun.phenomenon>

Japan current

Kuroshio

Kuroshio current

a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
<noun.substance>

Japan tallow

Japan wax

a yellow wax obtained from sumac berries; used in polishes
<noun.substance>

Japan tallow

Japan wax

of or relating to or characteristic of Japan or its people or their culture or language
<adj.pert>

Japanese

Nipponese

sample sentences

"the Japanese Emperor"
"Japanese cars"

the language (usually considered to be Altaic) spoken by the Japanese
<noun.communication>

Japanese

a native or inhabitant of Japan
<noun.person>

Japanese

Nipponese

a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
<noun.location>

Japan

Japanese Archipelago

Japanese Islands

a string of more than 3,000 islands to the east of Asia extending 1,300 miles between the Sea of Japan and the western Pacific Ocean
<noun.location>

Japan

Japanese Archipelago

Japanese Islands

a terrorist group organized in 1970 to overthrow the Japanese government and monarchy and to foment world revolution; is said to have close ties with Palestinian terrorists
<noun.group>

Anti-Imperialist International Brigade

JRA

Japanese Red Army

sample sentences

"in 1972 the Japanese Red Army was responsible for a massacre at an airport in Israel"

deciduous Japanese shrub cultivated for its fragrant yellow flowers
<noun.plant>

Chimonanthus praecox

Japan allspice

Japanese allspice

winter sweet

broad-leaved evergreen Asiatic shrub with glossy leaves and drooping clusters of white flowers
<noun.plant>

Japanese andromeda

Pieris japonica

andromeda

lily-of-the-valley tree

deciduous clump-forming Asian shrub or small tree; adventive in the eastern United States
<noun.plant>

Aralia elata

Japanese angelica tree

Japanese ornamental tree with fragrant white or pink blossoms and small yellow fruits
<noun.plant>

Japanese apricot

Prunus mume

mei

Asiatic banana plant cultivated especially as a foliage plant in Japan
<noun.plant>

Japanese banana

Musa basjoo

compact deciduous shrub having persistent red berries; widespread in cultivation especially for hedges
<noun.plant>

Berberis thunbergii

Japanese barberry

coarse annual grass cultivated in Japan and southeastern Asia for its edible seeds and for forage; important wildlife food in United States
<noun.plant>

Echinochloa frumentacea

Japanese barnyard millet

Japanese millet

billion-dollar grass

sanwa millet

a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood
<noun.plant>

Japanese beech

small metallic green and brown beetle native to eastern Asia; serious plant pest in North America
<noun.animal>

Japanese beetle

Popillia japonica

ornamental Asiatic vine with showy orange-yellow fruit with a scarlet aril; naturalized in North America
<noun.plant>

Celastric articulatus

Celastrus orbiculatus

Japan bittersweet

Japanese bittersweet

oriental bittersweet