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japan vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Japanese Feudalism | the relationship between lords and vassals where land ownership and its use were exchanged for military service and loyalty. |
| Samurai | a member of a powerful military caste in feudal Japan, especially a member of the class of military retainers of the daimyos. |
| Daimyo | (in feudal Japan) one of the great lords who were vassals of the shogun. |
| Shogun | a hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan. Because of the military power concentrated in his hands and the consequent weakness of the nominal head of state the mikado or emperor |
| Emperor | a sovereign ruler of great power and rank, especially one ruling an empire. "he became emperor in 1930" |
| Nara Period | he Nara Period (Nara Jidai) of ancient Japan (710-794 CE), so called because for most of that time the capital was located at Nara |
| Heian Period | means 'peace' in Japanese. It is a period in Japanese history when the Chinese influences were in decline and the national culture matured |
| Military Training | Military education and training is a process which intends to establish and improve the capabilities of military personnel |
| Samurai Culture | hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the late 12th century until their abolition in the late 1870s during the |
| Mental Training | Mental training is about improving one's attitude and mental skills to help them perform their best by identifying |
| training in Writing and Literature | English literature is offered as a compulsory course at their advanced level language study. |
| Spiritual Strength | The character strength of spirituality involves our capacity to dig deep and find the greater meaning in life, to align ourselves with a purpose that extends beyond ourselves |
| Bushido Code | a moral code concerning samurai attitudes, behavior and lifestyle |
| Tokugawa Shogunate | of traditional Japan, a time of peace, stability, and growth under the shogunate |
| Tokugawa Ieyasu | he founder and first shōgun of the Tokugawa Shogunate of |
| Bakufu | Literally translated as “tent government”, bakufu were governments which ruled Japan from 1185 until 1868 |
| Trade Embargo | An embargo is a trade restriction, typically adopted by a government, a group of countries or an international organization as an economic sanction. |
| Westernization of Japan | The concept of modernization in the Japanese context was associated with an orientation of “Westernization. |
| Industrialization | the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale. |
| Meiji Restoration | a coup d'état that resulted in the dissolution of Japan's feudal system of government |
| Second Sino-Japanese War | when China began a full-scale resistance to the expansion of Japanese influence in its territory |
| Manchuria and the Manchukuo Dynasty | Manchuria is now most often associated with the three Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning. |
| World War II | a global conflict between two major alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers |
| Axis Powers | Coalition headed by Germany, Italy, and Japan that opposed the Allied Powers in World War II |
| Tripartite Pact | the culmination of a series of agreements between Germany, Japan, and Italy |
| War in the Pacific | was the theater of World War II that was fought in eastern Asia |
| Battle of Midway | a key battle to secure dominance in the Pacific in World War II. |
| Battle of Iwo Jima | epic military campaign between U.S. Marines and the Imperial Army of Japan in early 1945 |
| Battle of Okinawa | more than 60,000 soldiers and US Marines of the US Tenth Army stormed ashore at Okinawa |
| Philippines Campaign | he Liberation of the Philippines |
| Hideki Tojo | Japanese army officer who initiated the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and who |
| Pearl Harbor | a surprise attack often with devastating effect. |
| Isoroku Yamamoto | a Marshal Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Doolittle Raids | a U.S. air raid during World War II that targeted major cities in Japan |
| Manhattan Project | U.S. government research project (1942–45) that produced the first atomic bombs |
| Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima | American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese |
| Atomic Bombing of Nagasaki | American B-29 bomber dropped the world's first deployed atomic bomb over the Japanese |
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