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Japan Vocab
Japan Vocab Kimberly Villa
Term | Definition |
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1. Indicate | To show that something exists or is likely to be true. |
2. Survive | To live or make a living. |
3. Conflict | Disagreement or argument. |
4. Principle | Belief or idea on which something is based. |
5. Accumulate | To gradually get more of something. |
6. Decline | Gradual decrease in the quality or importance of something. |
7. Rebel | Someone who opposes or fights an authority. |
8. Prohibit | To forbid or make illegal. |
9. Proximity | Closeness in space. |
10. Archipelago | Chain of islands. |
11. Mainland | The major land area of a continent. |
12. Kami | Gods or spirits. |
13. Prince Shotku | A young leader that started to rule in 593. |
14. Regent | Someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is too young or otherwise unable to rule. |
15. Constitution | Plan of government. |
16. Minamoto Yoritomo | Was one of the most powerful men in Japan. |
17. Shogun | Supreme military commander. |
18. Daimyo | Local land-owning lords. |
19. Feudalism | A social system in which lords grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military service. |
20. Samurai | Highly trained warriors. |
21. Bushido | A strict code of conduct that guided the behavior of samurai. |
22. Armada | Large fleet strips. |
23. Typhoon | Violent tropical storm. |
24. Oda Nobunaga | One of the men to end the warfare in the 1500s. |
25. Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Unified Japan in 1590. |
26. Tokugawa Ieyasu | In 1600 he found the new capital at Edo. |