軍配

Etymology
Appears to be a Japanese coinage from -derived elements, as a compound of.

Noun

 * 1) the act of signaling directions or commands to an armed force
 * 2) a person issuing such directions
 * 3) the act of advancing or retreating in response to the situation
 * 4) the act of changing one's prices in response to the situation: bargaining, haggling
 * 5) short for : a lacquered rigid wooden fan used for signaling
 * 6)  any of various signals indicated by a gyoji (sumo referee) using a gunbai uchiwa, including decision of the winner of a bout

Derived terms

 * : a type of damselfly,
 * : a lacquered rigid wooden fan used for signaling
 * : a person issuing commands to a military force: a commander
 * : a kite in the shape of a gunbai uchiwa
 * : a type of damselfly,
 * : field pennycress
 * : or goat's foot, a common tropical creeping vine:
 * : the egg sac of marine whelks of family
 * : common name for a lace bug, flying insects of family

Idioms

 * : “to raise the gunbai (uchiwa)” → to decide in favor of someone, such as in a competition
 * : “to turn over the gunbai (uchiwa)” → to signal the start of a sumo match, once the initial start-up positioning time has run out

Verb

 * 1) to signal directions or commands to an armed force
 * 2) to advance or retreat in response to the situation
 * 3) to change one's prices in response to the situation: to bargain, to haggle