(archaic) Japan

Short for 日本国 (Nihon-koku): Japan (a country and archipelago in East Asia) / a surname

the first sight of something / something seen for the first time

one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small / the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it

end of a century / end of an era; fin de siècle / (chiefly fiction) end of the world

a Japanese river otter (Lutra lutra whiteleyi)

a Japanese tree frog (Dryophytes japonicus)

a Japanese wolf, Canis lupus hodophilax

bunch-flowered narcissus (Narcissus tazetta)

Synonym of 赤腹井守 (akahara imori, “Japanese fire belly newt”)