A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the Mesolithic era.
The chief military official of Japan. The office was hereditary under the Tokugawa family from 1603 until 1867.
Korean phonetic script, introduced in the middle of the fifteenth century.
In linguistics, the family of languages descended from that spoken by inhabitants of the region of the Altai Mountains in central Asia. Examples include the Turkish languages, Mongolian, and Manchu.
Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the maternal line.
Amount negotiated between the family of the groom and the family of the bride to be paid by the former to the latter in some marriage traditions, as compensation for the loss of her labor.
A social system in which the mother is head of the family.
Traditional alcoholic drink brewed from rice.
Having thin lines or bands.
A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
A system of written symbols representing the sounds of syllables, rather than individual consonants and vowels.
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