A Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy.
Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the maternal line.
School of Buddhism in which adherents follow an experienced master and seek to achieve satori, a flash of enlightenment signaling the recovery of one's Buddha nature.
Korean phonetic script, introduced in the middle of the fifteenth century.
The government, rule, or office of a shogun.
Having thin lines or bands.
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.
A social system in which the mother is head of the family.
A very small blade made of flaked stone and used as a tool, especially in the Mesolithic era.
A system of written symbols representing the sounds of syllables, rather than individual consonants and vowels.
Japan's indigenous religion, which emphasizes reverence for nature and the importance of "vitality".
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