| A | B |
|---|
| multicultural | many cultures |
| diversity | variety |
| emperor | the hereditary ruler of Japan |
| daimyo | a fuedal lord of a region in Japan |
| Shogun | the leader of the military government in Japan |
| Bakufu | the centralized military government headed by the shogun |
| edict | legal order; a command to the public by an authority |
| Han | the local government in each domain, ruled by a daimyo |
| entourage | a group of attendants or other people who accompanied someone, usually of important rank |
| aesthetics | a sense of what is beautiful |
| opulent | luxurious or lavish |
| popular culture | the cultural activities that appeal to the current tastes of the general public |
| metropolis | a large, important city of a country or a region |
| Eta | outcasts |
| hinin | non-humans |
| sovereignty | supreme power and authority; the freedom of a country or political unit from outside control |
| isolation | to seclude; to follow a policy of having no relationships with other nations |
| adaptation | the changing of attitudes and behaviours to suit a new situation |
| modernization | to adopt new ideas and technologies that are considered to be of the present time or times not long past |
| Koku | a Japanese measurement equal to approximately 175 litres of rice |
