ぐんばい

Japanese

Noun

ぐんばい • (gunbai) 

1. 軍配: the act of signaling directions or commands to an armed force; a person issuing such directions; the act of advancing or retreating in response to the situation; the act of changing one's prices in response to the situation: bargaining, haggling; short for 軍配団扇 (gunbai uchiwa): a lacquered rigid wooden fan used for signaling

Verb

ぐんばいする • (gunbai suru) suru (stem ぐんばいし (gunbaisuru shi), past ぐんばいした (gunbaisuru shita))

1. 軍配: to signal directions or commands to an armed force; to advance or retreat in response to the situation; to change one's prices in response to the situation: to bargain, to haggle