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- 2. A sacred multi-story tower used by the Buddhist religion to store relics or sacred texts.
- 3. A person kept for security.
- 7. In Buddhism, the perfect state; free of suffering and desire.
- 8. An ancient Japanese religion that believes in nature spirits and ancestor worship.
- 10. Ceremony An ancient Japanese ritual or serving and drinking tea.
- 11. A muzzle-loading gun with a long barrel
- 14. A short of couch for transporting passengers, with long poles on each side so that servants could carry it on their shoulders.
- 16. The countryside outside the capital city.
- 19. Name given to big tropical storms in the Pacific or Indian ocean.
- 20. Spirit begins in the Shinto religion; a japanese word applied to anything beautiful or extraordinary, such as a tree, mountain, stone or person.
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- 1. A person appointed to rule a country if a monarch is too young or ill to do so.
- 4. The art of folding paper into different shapes and designs.
- 5. A person who holds land for a lord, and in return pledges loyalty and service to him.
- 6. Control of a country from one central location.
- 9. War: A war between two competing groups within one country.
- 12. Sudden enlightenment
- 13. A high gate with two side pillars and two flat top rails.
- 15. A state that gives payment to another state or ruler
- 17. A form of ritual suicide, carried out by disemboweling oneself (cutting open the abdomen) with a sword.
- 18. The name for the city of Tokyo until 1868.
