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