Japan definitions

Isolation

social friendlessness and quarantine to severe home withdrawal

Archipelago

a chain, cluster, or collection of islands

Per Capita

per person

Rituals

a ceremony or a pattern of actions, words, or behavior in a specific order, or tradition and ceremonies

Ainu

human or person an indigenous group native to Northern Japan

Stoic

staying calm and facing pain without complaining/controlling or showing feelings

Arable Land

any land capable of growing crops

Homogeneous

consisting parts or elements that are all the same, or of the same kind

assimilation

the process of taking something in and absorbing it to become part of a larger whole

shogun

hereditary military dictator and actual ruler of japan

Hereditary

passed down genetically from parents to offspring, or received a legal right of inheritance

Ronin

a masterless samurai, translates to “wave man”

Oligarchy

a form of government or political structure where a small elite group holds the most political and economic control

Outcast

a person who is rejected, excluded, casted out, or not accepted by their family, society, or a group

Confucianism

a system of ethical, social, political, and philosophical thought originally from ancient China, or reflecting different historical traditions and schools of thought

Ethical codes

a written guide of principles and core values that help professionals and organizations be more honest

Kabuki

a classical form of Japanese theatre

Haiku

a short, unrhythm, poem or form of poetry in Japan

Westernization

non-western societies adopt cultural traditions, lifestyles, technology, political systems, of Western Europe and North America