[たゆう, tayuu](n) (1) (See 能太夫) high-ranking Noh actor; (2) head of a school of noh performance; (3) high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period); (4) (See 浄瑠璃, 万歳・まんざい) joruri narrator; manzai narrator; (5) (See 女形) female role actor in kabuki; (6) (See 御師) low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine; (7) (太夫 only) lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)#6515[Add to Longdo]
[よびだし, yobidashi](n, vs) (1) (See 呼び出す・よびだす・1) call; summons; (n) (2) sumo usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; (3) (abbr) (See 呼び出し電話) telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (4) (arch) (See 陸湯) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); (5) (arch) high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); (6) (arch) unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period); (P)#9734[Add to Longdo]