a unisex given name / a surname

Alternative spelling of 縦 (tate): a warp (thread running lengthwise in a woven fabric); the length, height, distance, or direction between up and down, above and below, or north and south; a hierarchy

a surname

Alternative spelling of 経糸 (tateito): a warp (thread running lengthwise in a woven fabric)

(archaic) to elapse / (archaic) to pass through, go through / (archaic) to experience

narrative; account

rule; regulation / age; era; period / to record; to write down

a surname

(law) a law firm, a law office

(law) a juristic act.