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. |