Japan Lesson 2 Vocabulary Development

Zen Means

• to fight
• to rest
• to pray
• to meditate

This is a form of Japanese theater that features actors wearing ornate, wooden masks.

• Shakepearian
• Kabuki
• Noh
• Broadway

This form of Japanese theater incorporates singing and dancing with elaborate costumes and heavy makeup.

• Kabuki
• Noh
• Dinner Theater
• Theater in the Round

Lady Murasaki Shikibu was the first person credited with this.

• Voting in Japan
• Serving as empress of Japan
• Writing the first novel
• Being the first woman to become a Samurai

This form of poetry is usually about nature and has three lines, the first being 5 syllables, the second 7, and the third 5.

• a sonnet
• free form
• beat
• haiku