a surname / a ward in northwestern Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture / (historical) a village in Namegata District, Hitachi Province / (historical) a village in Shimōsa Province, modern Asō, Ibaraki

petitioning the emperor

petition the emperor

phase diagram

Seoul (a city, the capital city of South Korea)

idea, thought

an official priest position / a doll placed in a rice field to scare away bird and animals; a scarecrow

a traditional device found in Japanese gardens; composed of a bamboo tube that, when filled with water, revolves to empty and makes a clanking sound to scare away any crop-eating animals

resemblance, similarity

resemble