Tao (the way of nature), Taoism / (chiefly historical) a region of Japan consisting of multiple provinces or prefectures

a surname

a female given name / a surname

a male given name

a female given name

entreating the enemy to surrender

to entreat the enemy to surrender

Alternative spelling of 天下り: descent to earth from heaven; an avatar; in Japan's postwar period, the practice of awarding a high-level bureaucrat with a high-paying job after retirement (also spelled 天下り): a kind of revolving door syndrome

calling the spirits of the dead / spiritualism

to call, contact, or communicate with the spirits of the dead, to act as a medium