Japan Vocab

religious ceremonies

• clan

• rituals

• aristocracy

• regent

a group of families who share a common ancestor

• clan

• rituals

• aristocracy

• regent

a group of wealthy people

• clan

• haiku

• aristocracy

• regent

a person who rules when an emperor is unable to do so

• meditation

• haiku

• aristocracy

• regent

poetry that has 17 syllables

• meditation

• haiku

• feudalism

• regent

achieving inner peace

• meditation

• haiku

• feudalism

• bushido

leader of large landowning families

• daimyo

• vassals

• feudalism

• bushido

gets land in exchange for service

• daimyo

• vassals

• feudalism

• bushido

a political and social system; type of government

• daimyo

• samurai

• feudalism

• bushido

hired warriors of the daimyo

• daimyo

• samurai

• shogun

• bushido