Word Meaning 呼ぶ

よぶ yobu

呼ぶ is read as よぶ (yobu) and means to invite.

Meaning

English

to invite
to summon (a doctor, etc.)
to take as one's wife
to garner (support, etc.)
to gather
to call out (to)
to call
to invoke

Reading

Kana

よぶ

Romaji

yobu

Writing Variants

喚ぶよぶ yobu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Related Words 呼びかける,タクシー,目が合う Rank 3881 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

呼びかけ

よびかけ

call

呼び掛ける

よびかける

to appeal

呼吸

こきゅう

breathing

呼び出す

よびだす

to invoke (e.g. a subroutine)

呼び名

よびな

popular name

呼び声

よびごえ

call

呼び戻す

よびもどす

to bring back (memories, etc.)

呼び出し

よびだし

box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

呼び水

よびみず

pump-priming

呼ばわり

よばわり

denouncing

呼び物

よびもの

main attraction

呼び止める

よびとめる

to (call and) stop

Example Sentences

救急車を呼ぶほどではありません。

きゅうきゅうしゃをよぶほどではありません。

It is not serious enough to call an ambulance.

春になると、この花は蝶を呼ぶ。

はるになると、このはなはちょうをよぶ。

When spring comes, this flower attracts butterflies.

警察を呼ぶ気？

Are you going to call the police?

類は友を呼ぶ。

Birds of a feather flock together.

彼は私をピートと呼ぶ。

He calls me Pete.

彼女は僕を健二と呼ぶ。

She calls me Kenji.

家に戻って警察を呼ぶんだ！

Go back home and call the police!

みんな彼をマックと呼ぶ。

Everybody calls him Mac.

助けを呼ぶ声が聞こえた。

I heard a cry for help.

私をトムと呼ぶのはやめて。

Stop calling me Tom.

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