Meanings

school inter-class ball-game competition

Mu (legendary lost continent)

Bureau of the Imperial Palace Kitchens (under the ritsuryō system)

big ears

battalion commander

Great Qing Empire (China; 1644-1912)

word of Japanese origin

second anniversary of a person's death

The Three Major Duties (education, work and payment of taxes)

second anniversary of a person's death

heavy damage

Ansei Purge (1858-1860)

Executive Office of the President (USA, etc.)

small

Kannon of Great Mercy (alt. name for Avalokiteshvara)

great awakening

to sacrifice family for a greater cause

spread of infection

large-scale play

(military) commander