noun (common) (futsuumeishi) characteristic quality;special character;one's real ability;one's specialty

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) one's function;one's duty

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) fief;inherited estate

Honryō

noun (common) (futsuumeishi) yojijukugo recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods)