| A | B |
|---|
| shamanism | belief that good and evil spirits inhabit living and non-living things |
| Korea | often called "a shrimp between whales" |
| Chinese ideas adopted into Korea | Confucianism, Buddhism, calligraphy, and government organization |
| eldest son | in Korea is to serve his parents until their death |
| archipelago | group or chain of islands |
| Honshu, Skikoku, Kyushu, Hokkaido | 4 largest islands of Japan |
| Jimmu Tenno | according to legend, first Japanese emperor |
| giant turtle | method by which Jimmu Tenno came to Japan |
| Hirohito | name of Japanese emperor during WWII |
| Shinto | "the way of the gods" |
| kami | spirit found in living and non-living things |
| Yamato clan | first and present ruling clan of Japan |
| Yoritomo | person's name; first shogun |
| shogunate | military government |
| kamikaze | historical reference; referred to defeat of mainland invaders by storm called the "divine wind" |
| samurai | powerful landowners-warriors |
| Bushido | "the way of the warrior" |
| hari-kari (hara-kiri) | ritual suicide to redeem your honor |
| za | merchant guild in Japan |
| ikebana | flower arranging; stresses balance, simplicity, beauty |
| Zen | form of Buddhism followed in Japan |
| Akihito | name of present Emperor |
| shogun | military leader of Japan |
| sankin-kotai | forced attendance at court |
| Francis Xavier | Christian missionary to Japan |
| barbarian | methods Asians use to describe westerners |
| Hideyoshi | a person; removed weapons from peasants to unify Japan |
| Ieyasu | a person; completed unification of Japan |
| Nobunaga | a person; began the unification of Japan |
| seppuku | means same as hari-kari |
| geisha | formal and classical female entertainers |
| Mt. Fuji | highest mountain in Japan |
| Japan | consists of over 1,000 islands |
| length of Japan | as far as from Maine to Florida |
| weather of Japan | hurricanes, typhoons, floods, volcanic eruptions |
| Pacific Mountain rim | often called the "ring of fire" because of volcanic activity and earthquakes |
| kabuki | type of Japanese theater honoring traditional Japanese values |
| haiku | poem of 17 syllables; traditional Japanese |
| United States | western nation which forced Japanese to open doors to westerners |
| Ainu | name of original settlers in Japan |
| 99.8% pure | racial purity of Japanese people; a source of pride for them |
