Attached is a Japan Vocabulary list of 20 words related to the 7th grade study of Japan. Each word is accompanied by the part of speech, definition, and a sample sentence using the word. A great way to introduce Japan! (Example words are: feudalism, tsunami, daimyo, shogun, samurai, sutras, haiku, hiragana, etc.)

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I have been teaching grades 7 and 8 Language Arts and Social Studies at De Anza Academy of Technology & the Arts in Ventura, California since 2001. I have also briefly taught high school ESL (grades 9-12), and I spent one month teaching English in Moscow, Russia.
