notification; official notice; directive (e.g. from higher to lower levels of the administration); being well versed (in); being proficient (in)
purveyor (to the Imperial Household, etc.); company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele
leader; pioneer; guide; leader (in Shugendō)
openhearted; frank; broad-minded
conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system)
abhidharma; texts that contain detailed reworkings of the Buddhist sutras