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Japan vocab
Soleil Arroyo Japan vocab
Term | Definition |
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Indicate | To show that something exists or is likely true. |
Survive | To live or make a living; continue to live despite danger |
Conflict | Disagreements or arguments; war |
Principle | Belief or idea on which something is based |
Accumulate | To gradually get more of something |
Decline | gradually decrease in the quality or importance of something |
rebel | someone who opposes or fights an authority |
prohibit | to forbid or make illegal |
proximity | closeness in space |
archipelago | chain of islands |
mainland | the major area land of a continent |
kami | gods and spirits |
Prince Shotoku | a young leader who took power of Japan in 593 |
regent | someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is too young or otherwise unable to rule |
constitution | plan of government |
Minamoto Yoritomo | Yoritomo took power of Japan. |
shogun | supreme military commander |
daimyo | local land owning lords |
feudalism | a social system in which lords grant people land or other rewards in exchange for military sevice |
samurai | highly trained warriors |
bushido | a strict code of conduct that guided the behavior of samurai |
armada | large fleet of ships |
typhoon | violent tropical storm |
Oda Nobunaga | one of the first ambitious leaders |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi | second great leader unified Japan in 1590 |
Tokugawa Ieyasu | the third powerful leader united Japan in 1600 |