Word Meaning 呼び出し
よびだし
yobidashi
呼び出し is read as よびだし (yobidashi) and means box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse).
Meaning
English
- box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
- high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period)
- telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached
- unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
- usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.
- call
- invocation
- summons
Reading
Kana
よびだし
Romaji
yobidashi
Writing Variants
- 呼出 よびだし yobidashi
- 呼出し よびだし yobidashi
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12呼び出し放送
よびだしほうそう
announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")
Example Sentences
4呼び出しをお願いします。
I'd like to page someone.
友達を呼び出してもらいたいんです。
Can I have a friend paged?
鈴木さんを電話に呼び出してください。
Please get Miss Suzuki on the phone.
呼び出しの放送をかけて欲しいんですが。
Could you page someone for me?