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Japan Vocab
Japan VOCab Lindsey SIlva
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Indicate | To show that something to exists or is likely to be true. |
| Survive | To live or make a living; continue to live despite danger. |
| Conflict | Disagreement or argument; war. |
| Principle | belief or idea on which something is based. |
| Accumulate | To gradually get more of something. |
| Decline | Gradual decrease in the quality or more importance of something. |
| Rebel | Someone who opposes or fight an authority. |
| Prohibit | To forbid or make illegal. |
| Proximity | Closeness in space. |
| Archiplago | Chain of islands. |
| Mainland | Major land area of a continent. |
| Kami | God or spirits. |
| Prince Shotoku | Served his aunt which was the empress. |
| Regent | someone who governs a country in the name of a ruler who is too young or otherwise unable to rule. |
| Contitution | Plan of government. |
| Minamoto Yoritomo | The most powerful man in 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 service. |
| Samurai | Highly trained warriors . |
| Bushido | A strict code of conduct that guided the behavior or samurai. |
| Armada | A large fleet of ships. |
| Typhoon | Violent tropical storms. |
| Oda Nobunaga | Worked all his life to bring Japan. |
| Toyotomi Hideyoshi | Unified Japan in 1590. |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu | United the country once more in 1600. |