(politics) an election held when the term for a member of the house ends or when the Diet is dissolved; a general election

to cancel an order or contract / to release or unlock / to lift sanctions / to disband

basis (of a theory), grounds

to be grounded on

departure, exit

depart

ruins; remains

to consider, to count / to make allowances for, to allow for

old documents / (in palaeography) historical documents written to convey a specific intention between a sender and receiver; generally inclusive of written material through the mid-19th century

(historical) a Japanese prince's unmarried daughter who is descended from the reigning emperor through no more than five generations ("princes" include 親王 (shinnō) or 王 (ō))