Clipping of 右衛門府 (Uemonfu). / a male given name

(dated) suffix for male given names

Clipping of 右衛門府 (Uemonfu). / a male given name

a female given name

(formal) [I, we] wish you a happy new year (literally meet a good year)

(history, government) the junior/lesser Emonfu

A male given name of historical usage

a male given name

excuse me; may I come in?

The way to distinguish an olive flounder from a righteye flounder. 鮃(ひらめ) (hirame, “olive flounder”) can be distinguished from 鰈(かれい) (karei, “righteye flounder”) by noting that the eyes of the former are on the left and the eyes of the latter are on the right.