How to say "hail" in Japanese

• 呼びかけるよびかけるJLPT N2approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers hail in the sense of addressing or calling out to people, as when a speaker hails a crowd. Use it for calling to someone to get their attention, not for summoning a vehicle.
  遠とおくから誰だれかが私に呼よびかけているのが聞きこえた。↗

  I heard someone calling me from a distance.
• 呼び止めるよびとめるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers hail in the sense of calling to someone to make them stop, and is the word for hailing a taxi. Use it when your call literally halts a person or vehicle.
  その旅人たびびとは兵士へいしに呼び止よびとめられて立ち止たちどまった。↗

  The traveler stopped at the soldier's challenge.
• 呼び声よびごえCommon
  nounCovers hail as a noun: the call or shout itself, not the act of calling. Use it when you want to name the sound a person makes when hailing or yelling to someone.
  谷たには彼かれの呼び声よびごえでこだました。↗

  The valley echoed with his call.
• 迎えるむかえるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbA marginal match: it really means to go out to meet, receive, or welcome someone, and only suits hail in the greeting sense. It is not the word for calling out or hailing a taxi.
  医者いしゃを迎むかえにやったとき彼かれが病気びょうきになって１週間しゅうかんたっていた。↗

  He had been ill for a week when they sent for a doctor.

Use 「呼びかける」 for calling out to people, 「呼び止める」 for stopping someone or a taxi by calling, 「呼び声」 for the shout itself, and 「迎える」 for greeting or welcoming.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 呼びかけるよびかけるto call out to
• 呼び止めるよびとめるto (call and) stop
• 呼び声よびごえcall
• 迎えるむかえるto go out to meet
• 称えるたたえるto praise
• 雹ひょうhail (esp. hailballs 5 mm or greater)
• あられhail (esp. hailballs under 5 mm)
• 雨あられあめあられhail (e.g. of bullets)
• 氷雨ひさめhail
• 南無なむamen
• 降ひょうこうひょうhailstorm
• 栄光あれえいこうあれglory (to ...)
• 捕まえるつかまえるto catch hold of (someone)
• 氷ひhail
• 拾うひろうto flag down (a taxi)