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    Samurai were the military retainers and knights of feudal Japan. Genbuku was a coming-of-age ceremony where boys would wear adult headgear for the first time. A shogun was the hereditary military commander and ruler of Japan until the abolition of the shogunate in 1867. Key terms from Japanese culture, government, clothing, and language are defined.

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    Samurai were the military retainers and knights of feudal Japan. Genbuku was a coming-of-age ceremony where boys would wear adult headgear for the first time. A shogun was the hereditary military commander and ruler of Japan until the abolition of the shogunate in 1867. Key terms from Japanese culture, government, clothing, and language are defined.

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    Samurai were the military retainers and knights of feudal Japan. Genbuku was a coming-of-age ceremony where boys would wear adult headgear for the first time. A shogun was the hereditary military commander and ruler of Japan until the abolition of the shogunate in 1867. Key terms from Japanese culture, government, clothing, and language are defined.

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    samurai [sam-oo-rahy] noun,:"warrior, knight," originally the military retainer of the daimio, variant of saburai , nominal form

    of sabura(h)u "to be in attendance, to serve."


    Genbuku noun. :historical Japanese coming-of-age ceremony. Gen means "head" and fuku means "wearing".
    Shogun /ˈSHōɡən/ noun : a hereditary commander in chief in feudal Japan; was generally the real ruler of the country until
    feudalism until abolished in 1867.
    Edo /ˈedō/ Noun:1.a member of a people inhabiting the district of Benin in Nigeria.2.the Benue-Congo language of the Edo.
    Adjective : relating to the Edo or their language.
    Shi Noun: official; civil service : death, deceased :four

    Yoshi [YO-SHEE] Noun: an expression of excitement or enthusiasm : righteous : good, virtuous, respectable

    Wabi /ˈwäbē/ Noun : (in Japanese art) a quality of austere and serene beauty expressing a mood of spiritual solitude
    recognized in Zen Buddhist philosophy.
    Sabi Noun: things whose beauty stems from age. It refers to the patina of age, and the concept that changes due to use may
    make an object more beautiful and valuable.: This also incorporates an appreciation of the cycles of life, as well as
    careful, artful mending of damage.
    Verb: withered
    Giri Noun: duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation
    Dai Noun: table, stand, pedestal, support, rack :a title, a theme, subject
    Modifier: ordinal number marker (example: number one, first)
    Kinoji Noun: 77th birthday :a type of gun : painted bunting (Passerina ciris)
    Kimono [kuh-moh-nuh, -noh] Noun: a loose, wide-sleeved robe, fastened at the waist with a wide sash, characteristic of
    Japanese costume.
    :a woman's loose dressing gown.
    Uji [\ ˈü(ˌ)jē\]Noun: a silkworm disease in Japan caused by the parasitic larva of the uji fly
    Pronoun: a city on the southern outskirts of the city of Kyoto, in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Founded on March 1, 1951,
    Uji is located between the two ancient capitals of Nara and Kyoto.
    Tokugawa [taw-koo-gah-wah] Noun :a member of a powerful family in Japan that ruled as shoguns, 1603–1867. :a period of
    Japanese history under the rule of Tokugawa shoguns, characterized by a samurai ruling class, urbanization, and the
    growth of a merchant class.
    Shogunate (shō′gə-nĭt, -nāt′) Noun: a form of Japanese government during 1192–1867 in which the ruler is an absolute
    dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)
    Fuku Noun: Clothes Kokoro noun: feelings
    Abunai Adjective: dangerous Jikan noun: time
    Sensei Noun: teacher
    Atatakai Adjective: Warm
    Nonoshiru Verb: abuse verbally, curse
    Medatsu Verb: attract attraction; stand out
    Yomigaeru Verb; brought back to life, refreshed
    Kanarazu Verb: certainly, by all means
    Katsute Adverb: once, before
    Itsumo Adverb: always
    Shounen Noun: boy
    Wakamono noun: youth, young person
    Jinrui: humanity

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