呼び出し

よびだし

call; summons; paging; curtain call

Common word Also written 呼出し、呼出

Meanings

  1. Noun, Suru verb

    call; summons; paging; curtain call
  2. Noun

    call; invocation
  3. usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.
  4. telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reachedAbbreviation
Rare and archaic meanings (3)
  1. box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)Archaic
  2. high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period)Archaic
  3. unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)Archaic

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