Japan Vocabulary

1. Japan Vocabulary Directions: Match the Term with the Definition Color Code Each Slide Put in a picture with the correct definition, format picture Arrange in Alphabetical Order Put in a Background Add a Slide Transition Add Animation to the Term Put your Name on Each Slide – Bottom Right Corner Save as: Japan Vocab Your Name

2. Helpful Hints & Resources • Begin with Terms that you know • Format your slides last • Work with other students • www.websters.com • www.wikipedia.com • www.google.com • http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/index.html

3. Terms from Japan Shogun Samurai Shikoku Tokyo Futon Noh Sushi Honshu Kendo Tatami Shogun Sumo Origami Godzilla Haiku Yen Tsunami Daimyo Tempura Japan Hiroshima Mt. Fuji

4. Pictures

5. Sumo • A Japanese form of wrestling in which a fighter loses if forced from the ring or if any part of his body except the soles of his feet touches the ground. Your Name

6. In the former feudal system of Japan, the class or a member of the class, of military retainers of the daimios, constituting the gentry or lesser nobility. They possessed power of life and death over the commoners, and wore two swords as their distinguishing mark. Their special rights and privileges were abolished with the fall of feudalism in 1871. • Real Bad Dudes Your Name

7. Noh • The classical drama of Japan, with music and dance performed in a highly stylized manner by elaborately dressed performers on an almost bare stage. Your Name

8. The highest peak, in Japan. An almost perfectly symmetrical snow-capped volcanic cone, it is a sacred mountain and an active volcano Your Name

9. The art or process, originating in Japan, of folding paper into shapes representing flowers and birds, for example Your Name

10. The Japanese martial art of fencing with bamboo swords. The oldest form of martial arts. Your Name

11. Japan • Source of the sun, also called "The Land of the Rising Sun." Your Name

12. The largest island of Japan, in the central part of the country between the Sea of Japan and the Pacific Ocean. Your Name

13. Hiroshima • A city of southwest Honshu, Japan, it was destroyed in World War II by the first atomic bomb used in warfare (August 6, 1945). Your Name

14. A thin mattress of tufted cotton batting or similar material, placed on a floor or on a raised, foldable frame. Your Name

15. Haiku • A Japanese lyric verse form having three unrhymed lines of five, seven, and five syllables, traditionally invoking an aspect of nature or the seasons. • old pond . . . • a frog leaps in • water’s sound Your Name

16. The Japanese dollar; currency Your Name

17. The capital and largest city of Japan, Tokyo became the imperial capital in 1868. Find your own picture Your Name

18. A Japanese dish of vegetables and shrimp or other seafood dipped in batter and fried in deep fat. Your Name

19. Sushi • Cold cooked rice dressed with vinegar that is shaped into bite-sized pieces and topped with raw or cooked fish, or formed into a roll with fish, egg, or vegetables and wrapped in seaweed. Your Name

20. Straw matting used as a floor covering especially in a Japanese house. Your Name

21. Daimyo • Subordinate only to the Subordinate only to the shogun, daimyo were the most powerful feudal land owners & rulers from the 10th century to the middle 19th century in Japan. Your Name

22. Shikoku • The smallest of the four main islands of Japan. Your Name

23. A huge wave caused by an earthquake. This can happen on a clear day without warning Your Name

24. A giant monster created from the fear of the atomic bomb. Find your own picture Your Name

25. Commander in Chief, Made the rules for all to follow. Leader of the land owners

26. Don’t Forget • Put Slides in Alphabetical order – Use Slide Sorter • Back in back grounds • Transitions • Compress Pictures • Delete Sound Clip Hints • Save Often