autocracy, dictatorship (a government led by a dictator) / making decisions for a group by oneself, tyranny

Kyūjitai form of 独裁 (“dictatorship”)

and / along with / to reach / to extend to

grassland, meadow

grass / a weed / a herb / a scout, a spy (from the way one would hide in the grass to observe enemy troops) / (figuratively, slang, rare) pubic hair

national policy

grass flute

clover: short for 白詰草 (shiro tsumekusa, “white clover”), or short for 赤詰草 (aka tsumekusa, “red clover”)

Trifolia repens, white clover

Synonym of 正妻 (sēsai, “legal wife”)