Japan Vocabulary Save as: Japan Vocab Your Name Directions: Match the Term with the Definition Color Code Each Slide Put in a picture with the correct.

Japan Vocabulary

Save as: Japan Vocab Your NameDirections: Match the Term with the DefinitionColor Code Each SlidePut in a picture with the correct definition, format pictureArrange in Alphabetical OrderPut in a BackgroundAdd a Slide TransitionAdd Animation to the TermPut your Name on Each Slide – Bottom Right Corner

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

Shikoku

Sushi

Tatami

Tempura

Tokyo

Yen

Futon

Haiku

Hiroshima

Honshu

Japan

Origami

Mt. Fuji

Kendo

Noh

Samurai

Sumo

Godzilla Tsunami

Shogun

Shogun

Daimyo

Pictures

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.

• 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

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.

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

• The art or process, originating in Japan, of folding paper into shapes representing flowers and birds, for example

• The Japanese martial art of fencing with bamboo swords. The oldest form of martial arts.

Japan

• Source of the sun, also called "The Land of the Rising Sun."

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

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).

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

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

• The Japanese dollar; currency

• The capital and largest city of Japan, Tokyo became the imperial capital in 1868.

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

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.

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• Straw matting used as a floor covering especially in a Japanese house.

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.

Shikoku

• The smallest of the four main islands of Japan.

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

• A giant monster created from the fear of the atomic bomb.

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

Don’t Forget

• Put Slides in Alphabetical order – Use Slide Sorter

• Back in back grounds

• Transitions

• Compress Pictures

• Delete Sound Clip Hints

• Save Often