(obsolete) Alternative spelling of メリケン

a male given name

to be treated to (a meal)

passive of 呼ぶ (yobu) [godan]

to call; to call out / to call, to apply a name to someone / to send for someone, to call for someone, to get someone / to call something by a name; to designate / to invite

a male given name

hard, firm / tough / strict

the past / ancient times

(not of a person) old, aged, antiquated

old