noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru
1. call; summons; paging; curtain callnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
2. call; invocation- 3. usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.
noun (common) (futsuumeishi), abbreviation
4. telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reachednoun (common) (futsuumeishi), archaic
5. box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)- 6. high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period)
- 7. unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)