the right to govern, sovereignty

to rule, to govern

rule, governance

a land, a large place / a country in general, a region / a country as in a nation, a state / the office of emperor, the crown; affairs of state / a province of ancient Japan

right to do something, authority

grip; hold

grip

to grasp, to grip, to hold / to seize, to take hold of / to make (nigirizushi, riceball, etc...); to press into shape

he / distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that / boyfriend

distal demonstrative, something far off removed from both speaker and listener: that, yon / particularly, male personal third person pronoun: he / by extension from he: boyfriend