Japan Vocabulary

2. Trained professional warriors
3. the Japanese art of flower arranging
5. A Japanese religion that worships ancestors and nature spirits.
9. a sumo wrestler
10. a gateway in the Shintō faith marking a holy or sacred place
12. having many mountains
14. A ruler of great power. Higher ranking than a king/queen.
16. System of ruling where nobles own the land and people beneath them live on the land in exchange for military service or farming.

1. "The Way of the Warrior". An idealized code of behavior for a samurai warrior.
4. traditional full length robe often patterned with nature imagery
6. a swamp grass which is widely grown as a source of food
7. huge rope hung in front from a torii gate or in front of a Shinto shrine to ward away evil spirits
8. A Hindu or Buddhist temple or sacred building, typically a many-tiered tower
11. Capital city of Japan. Formerly called Edō.
13. A military general who ruled Japan in the emperor's name
15. Famous and spiritual mountain in Japan.