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east asia vocab

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usurp
illegally take over the throne
tributary state
while these states remain independent, their rulers have to acknowledge another country's supremacy and send regular tributes to the emperor
land reform
braking up large agricultural holdings and redistributing them to peasants
gentry
wealthy landowning class
pagoda
a multi-storied temple with eaves that curve up at the corners
celadon
a porcelain with an unusual blue-green glaze
hangul
an alphabet using symbols to represent the sounds of spoken korean
literacy state
percentage of people who can read and write
archipelago
chain of islands
tsunami
killer tidal waves
selective borrowing
keeping some traditions from other cultures but discarding or modifying others
kana
phonetic symbols representing syllables
shogun
supreme military commander
daimyo
vassal lords who agreed to support the shogun with their armies in time of need
samurai
lesser warriors "those who serve" fighting aristocracy of a war torn land
bushido
"Way of the warrior" code of values for samurai emphasized honor, bravery, and absolute loyalty to ones lord
kabuki
form of drama that was based on No plays but included comedy or melodrama
bunraku
puppet plays that catered to popular middle class tastes
haiku
mini poems with 17 syllables 5-7-5

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