| A | B |
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| isolation | the condition of being separated from a group |
| Shinto | a japanese religion whose followers believe that all things in the natural world are filled with divine spirits |
| kami | divine spirits |
| regent | person who rules for a monarch |
| courtier | a person who takes part in the highly refined social life of a court |
| shogun | a line of military leaders who ruled Japan |
| daimyo | the lord of an agricultural estate in feudal Japan |
| samurai | the feudal military aristocracy of Japan, from the term those who serve |
| sect | a subdivision of a religious group |
| kamikaze | a typhoon or "divine wind" |
| Zen | stressed the importance of the moment |
| Noh drama | gestures and dance steps which developed from both Shinto & Buddhist forms of worship |
| succession | the sequence in which one person after another succeeds to a title, throne,or estate, |
| haiku | an unrhymed poem consisting of three lines with 5,7,& 5 syllables, respectively |
| Kyoto | city that was early home of Japans emperors |
