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| daimyo | powerful warrior knights directly below the shogun, in Japan during the feudal period |
| feudalism | system of rule by local lords who were bound to a king by ties of loyalty developed in western Europe during the middle ages |
| haiku | short Japanese poem with 17 syllables that ceates a mood or describes a scene |
| monsoon | seasonal wind; in India , the summer monsoon brings rain and the winter monsoon brings hot , dry weather |
| nationalism | feeling of pride and devotion to ones country |
| samurai | warrior knights of Japan during the feudal period |
| shogun | after 1192, the chief general in Japan, who held more political power than the emperor |
| bushido | the way ofthe warrior during the feudal period in Japan , a code of conduct for samurai, stressing obedience to ones lord |
