Samurai
The term samurai means this: those who serve/lead/follow.
"those who serve".
Japan is similar in size to this country: the USA, Australia, the UK
the United Kingdom
The great works of early Japanese literature were written by this group of people: children, women, men
women
This dish is savoury and has vegetable and meat toppings. Sometimes it is garnished with mayonnaise and fish flakes. It looks like a pizza.
okonomiyaki
This is the traditional sport of Japan.
sumo
This is the samurai code of rules.
Bushido
This natural disaster is most common in Japan.
earthquakes
This was the drama that told about heroes and historical figures through combining music, speaking, and dance.
Noh
This is the worst thing you can do at a Japanese restaurant: Standing chopsticks upright in your rice, refilling other diners' glasses, not talking at all during a meal, covering your rice in soy sauce
Standing chopsticks upright in your rice
This is the figurehead of the Japanese hierarchy.
the emperor
This is the most valued characteristic of a samurai: love, loyalty, bravery
loyalty
This is how far away Korea is from Japan: 60km, 160km, 1600km
160km
The style of art made from printing with wooden blocks
Ukiyo-e
The word 'tempura' probably entered the Japanese language from this language: French, Chinese, Portuguese
Portuguese
This was a powerful military leader who ruled in the emperor's name.
shogun
Samurai were generally paid with this: clothes and jewels, money and castles, land and food
land and food
These are the four main islands of Japan.
Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu, and Shikoku
The noble women decorated these objects with pictures of flowers, trees, and birds.
fans
You would be eating this country's cuisine if you were at a Yaki Niku restaurant in Japan
Korea
These were powerful lords who often led armies of samurai.
daimyo
This part of their clothing was designed to terrify enemies.
a mask
This was the reason why the Mongol invasions of Japan by Kublai Khan failed.
storms called the "the divine winds"
Historians consider this to be the world's first full length novel.
the Tale of Genji
Mori Soba is eaten in this season.
summer
After 200 years of isolation, Japan was opened to the western world by this US Navy Commodore
Matthew Perry