Japan Vocab

A group of Islands

• Peninsula

• Archipelago

• Plateau

• Steppe

A group of families with common ancestors

• village

• kami

• clan

• shinto

a god or spirit that represents a force of nature

• Kami

• Buddha

• doaism

• Bushido

Someone who rules for another who is unable to rule.

• prince

• daimyo

• samurai

• regent

powerful military leader who had more power than the emperor.

• daimyo

• shogun

• sergeant

• king

a strict social system in which landowners grant people land and other rewards in exchange for military service or labor

• regent

• Bushido

• feudalism

• regionalism

local landowning lord in feudal Japan

• shogun

• daimyo

• samurai

• regent

Highly trained Japanese warrior

• samurai

• shogun

• daimyo

• knight

A strict code of conduct that samurai live by

• chivalry

• kami

• shinto

• Bushido

A traditional religion in Japan

• Shinto

• Buddhism

• Christianity

• Confucianism