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