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Japan vocab
Soleil Arroyo Japan vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |