mediveal Japan

2. quick-cooking egg noodles usually served in a broth
4. from Japanese tan ("short") and ka ("song"), refers to an unrhymed Japanese verse of five lines
6. the Japanese art or process of folding squares of paper into representational shapes
8. a top leader
10. a usually cotton-filled mattress used on the floor
11. a puzzle in which several numbers are to be filled into a 9x9 grid of squares so that every row, every column
12. quite satisfactory
14. a small, light vehicle with two wheels that is pulled by one person on foot or on a bicycle

1. a person who is in charge of other people
3. Japanese comic books and graphic novels
5. a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters
7. a gymnospermous dioecious tree (Ginkgo biloba) of eastern China that is widely grown as an ornamental or shade tree
9. a fast-growing Asian vine
11. a small amount
13. a Japanese gangster