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Japan Vocabullary
ss Defs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cultivation* | prepare and use (land) for crops or gardening. |
| terrace* | a level paved area or platform next to a building; a patio or veranda. |
| Feudalism* | the dominant social system in medieval Europe |
| shogun* | a hereditary commander-in-chief in feudal Japan. |
| samurai* | a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan |
| archipelago* | a group of islands |
| isolation* | the process or fact of isolating or being isolated |
| embargo* | an official ban on trade or other commercial activity with a particular country |
| expansion* | the action of becoming larger or more |
| kamikaze* | a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target. |
| Tokyo* | The capital of Japan |
| Yen | the basic monetary unit of Japan |
| emperor* | a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, esp. one ruling an empire |
| bay | a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward |
| overcrowding* | fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable |
| pollution | he presence in or introduction into the environment of a substance or thing that has harmful or poisonous effects |
| missionary | a person sent on a religious mission |
| bushido | the code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai |
| Haiku* | Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. |
| origami | the Japanese art of folding paper into decorative shapes and figures. |
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