Is this Oriental? Yes - something akin to a wok! (5)
I believe the answer is:
japan
'is this oriental? yes something akin' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.
'to a wok' is the wordplay.
'to a' becomes 'ja' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'wok' becomes 'pan' (I've seen this in another clue).
'ja'+'pan'='JAPAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for japan that I've seen before include "Far Eastern island country" , "Nippon" , "black gloss" , "Land of the Rising Sun" , "Country and decorated black lacquerware" .)