Chapter 3 Japanese Feudalism

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lotus

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n. a water lily, considered sacred inparts of Asia

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samurai

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n. in feudal Japan, a Japanese warrior; the plural form is also samurai

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shogun

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n. a title meaning great general, given to the strongest military leader in feudal Japan

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figurehead

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n. a person who leads or rules in name only by actually has no power

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vassal

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n. a person with a certain skill making things

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artisan

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n. a person with a certain skill making things

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Bushido

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n. literally, "the way of the warrior"; in feudal Japan, a code of values by which the samurai lived