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Japan Vocab
Japan VOCab Lindsey SIlva
Question | Answer |
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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. |