flag; banner (administrative division of Inner Mongolia)
headquarters (on the battlefield); direct retainer of a shogun (Edo period); shogunal vassal; hatamoto
white flag; truce flag; surrender flag
design (on a banner); emblem (on a flag); insignia; banner (e.g. of democracy); slogan; cause
leader; boss; upper part of a flag; (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position
to wave a flag; to show the way
raising an army; (lit.) raising a banner; launching a new group; launching a business; launching a new party
red flag; Red Flag (Communist Party newspaper)
Imperial standard; worthy cause
flagstaff; flagpole; arabis (any plant of genus Arabis, esp. tower mustard, Arabis glabra); rock cress
small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle
to make a name for oneself; to achieve success
flag with a red circle on a white background; national flag of Japan
standard-bearer; flag-bearer
initiator; instigator; flagman; leader
flagwaving; flagman; (in athletic competition) starter; instigator; leader
to raise (hoist) a flag; to raise an army; to start a new business
hatamoto-yakko; samurai bandits, organized into gangs, who wore flamboyant clothing and engaged in violent and antisocial behaviour (Edo period)
samurai who carries his general's banner while riding into battle; small war flag attached to the back of one's armour during battle
yellow flag (esp. in motorsport)
Red Flag Incident (suppression and arrest of participants of anarcho-communist rally in Tokyo; June 22, 1908)
Flag of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Flag of Wallis and Futuna
Flag of the Collectivity of Saint Martin
Flag of the Hispanic People
the Tokugawa shogunate's eighty thousand guards (comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals)