How to say "call" in Japanese

• 呼ぶよぶJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe basic verb for calling out to someone, calling a person by name, or calling them over; also 'invoke'. For most 'call' senses involving a person, this is the word you want.
  あなたが呼よべば、彼かれは来くるでしょう。↗

  He will come if you call him.
• 訪問ほうもんJLPT N3approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveCovers 'call' only in the visiting sense: paying someone a call. It is really the word for 'visit', naming the act of going to see someone rather than any calling-out.
  私はあなたを訪問ほうもんするつもりだったができなかった。↗

  I meant to have called on you.
• まいるJLPT N4approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbHumble language for going and coming; its 'call' sense is calling on someone. It fits only when speaking humbly of your own going or coming, so it is seldom the word for 'call'.
  ２、３分ぶんしたらそちらにまいります。↗

  I'll be with you in a few minutes.
• 誘うさそうJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers 'call (for)': calling for someone so as to invite them or take them along. Its core sense is to invite or ask someone to do something, not 'call' in other senses.
• 称するしょうするJLPT N1approx.Common
  suru verb (irregular), transitive verbCovers 'call' only in the naming sense: calling a person or thing by some name or title, as when calling oneself something. It is not about calling out to anyone.
  私は建築けんちくを凍結とうけつした音楽おんがくと称しょうする。↗

  I call architecture frozen music.

Use 「呼ぶ」 for calling out to or naming someone, 訪問 for a paying-a-call visit, 「まいる」 for humbly calling on someone, 「誘う」 for calling for or inviting someone, and 「称する」 for naming or styling.

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• 呼ぶよぶto call out (to)
• 訪問ほうもんcall
• まいるto go
• 誘うさそうto invite
• 称するしょうするto call
• 召すめすto call
• 呼びかけよびかけcall
• 呼び寄せるよびよせるto call
• 伺いうかがいcall
• 招集しょうしゅうcall
• 呼び出しよびだしcall
• 名付けるなづけるto name
• 鳴くなくto make sound (of an animal)
• 鳴き声なきごえcry (of an animal)
• 見舞いみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)
• 来訪らいほうvisit (from someone)
• 呼び声よびごえcall
• 訪れおとずれvisit
• 招聘しょうへい(courteous) invitation
• 連絡れんらくcontacting
• 判定はんていjudgement
• ご連絡ごれんらくcontacting
• 称えるとなえるto call (by a name)
• 召しめしsummons
• 召命しょうめいcall
• 称すしょうすto call
• お呼びおよびcall
• 呼びよびcall
• お伺いおうかがいcall
• 呼ばるよばるto call
• 招き寄せるまねきよせるto gesture to come closer
• 光臨こうりんarrival
• お見舞いおみまいvisit (to someone affected by illness or misfortune)
• 口を掛けるくちをかけるto talk
• コール(telephone) call
• 言ういうto name
• 頼むたのむto call
• 呼び起こすよびおこすto call (to mind)
• 呼び出すよびだすto invoke (e.g. a subroutine)
• ジャッジjudgement
• 徴ちょうcall
• 入れるいれるto send (a fax)
• 叩くたたくto call