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Japan- Vocab- chapters 12-14 Flashcards

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Isolated

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far away from other places, buildings, or people; remote.

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Ainu

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a member of an aboriginal people of Japan

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Tsunami

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A tsunami is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake.

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Stoic

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a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno

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Arable

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land used or suitable for growing crops.

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Monsoon

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a seasonal prevailing wind in the region of South and Southeast Asia, blowing from the southwest between May and September and bringing rain (the wet monsoon, or from the northeast between October and April (the dry monsoon.

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Gohan

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Gohan is the elder son of the series’ primary protagonist Goku and his wife Chi-Chi,

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Homogenous

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consisting of parts all of the same kind.

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Assimilation

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the process of taking in and fully understanding information or ideas.

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kamikaze

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a Japanese aircraft loaded with explosives and making a deliberate suicidal crash on an enemy target.

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Amaterasu

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is a goddess in Japanese mythology. She is the Sun Goddess, and the most sacred of all Shinto deities.

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kanji

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a system of Japanese writing using Chinese characters.

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kana

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he system of syllabic writing used for Japanese, having two forms, hiragana and katakana.

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rituals

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A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or objects, performed in a sequestered place and according to set sequence.

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haiku

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a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world.

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kamuy

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spiritual or divine being in Ainu mythology.

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kami

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a divine being in the Shinto religion.

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Shinto

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Shinto, also known as kami-no-michi, is a religion originating from Japan. Classified as an East Asian religion by scholars of religion, its practitioners often regard it as Japan’s indigenous religion and as a nature religion.

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Archipelago

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a group of islands.

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Matsuri

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a solemn festival celebrated periodically at Shinto shrines in Japan.

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emperor

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a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire.

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daimyo

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one of the great lords who were vassals of the

shogun.

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shogun

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military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.

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koku

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The koku is a Chinese-based Japanese unit of volume,

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Bakufu
military government of Japan between 1192 and 1868, headed by the shogun.
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Han
Chinese character, which means resentment, hatred, or regret.
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samurai
a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos.
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Farmers
a person who owns or manages a farm.
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artisans
a worker in a skilled trade, especially one that involves making things by hand.
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Merchants
a person or company involved in wholesale trade, especially one dealing with foreign countries or supplying merchandise to a particular trade.
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Outcasts
Japanese minority, occupying the lowest level of the traditional Japanese social system.
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Non-Humans
a creature that is not a human being.
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Honbyakusho
the actual owners of farmland in villages, and it fell to them to pay taxes for the village. However, this also made them very active in village government.
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Hyakusho
Baixing
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Ronin
a wandering samurai who had no lord or master.
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Shogunate
military dictators of Japan during most of the period spanning from 1185 to 1868.
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Bakuhan
a combination of Bakufu "(tent government,” or military shogunate) and Han (“domain of a Daimyo”).
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Hereditary
holding a position by inheritance.
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Seppuku
another term for uncountable
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Confucius
Confucius was a teacher and philosopher who lived from 550 to 479 BC.
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Goningumi
groups of five households that were held collectively responsible, in a manner similar to the Frith-borh in England, during the Edo period of Japanese history.
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Tokugawa
feudal military government of Japan during the Edo period from 1600 to 1868.
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Social Controls
Social control is a concept within the disciplines of the social sciences
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Bushido
the code of honor and morals developed by the Japanese samurai.
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Filial piety
the Confucian Classic of Filial Piety, thought to be written around the Qin-Han period, has historically been the authoritative source on the Confucian tenet of filial piety.
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entourages
a group of people attending or surrounding an important person.
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metropolises
the capital or chief city of a country or region.
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popular culture
culture based on the tastes of ordinary people rather than an educated elite.
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ethical codes
Ethical codes are adopted by organizations to assist members in understanding the difference between right and wrong and in applying that understanding to their decisions.
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Edict
an official order or proclamation issued by a person in authority.
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Banraku
form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre
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Entourages
a group of people attending or surrounding an important person.
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Floating World
expression of the new economy and social ambitions of the common townspeople of the Edo period (1615-1868).
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Geisha
a Japanese hostess trained to entertain men with conversation, dance, and song.
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Kabuki
a form of traditional Japanese drama with highly stylized song, mime, and dance, now performed only by male actors, using exaggerated gestures and body movements to express emotions, and including historical plays, domestic dramas, and dance pieces.
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Metropolises
the capital or chief city of a country or region.
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Southern Barbarians
Western Europeans who visited Japan prior to the Edo period.

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