How to say "invoke" in Japanese

• 呼ぶよぶJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbThe plain verb 'to call': calling out to someone, calling a person or thing by name. As 'invoke' it gives the general calling sense; for summoning a spirit to appear, 呼び出す fits better.
  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.
• 呼び出すよびだすJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbFor 'invoke' it covers calling something forth, a spirit being the typical case — a summoning. Apart from that it means making someone come: calling them to the door or on the phone.
  どうぞ彼かれを電話でんわ口くちに呼び出よびだしてください。↗

  Please call him to the telephone.

Use 「呼ぶ」 for invoke in its general sense of calling or calling upon, and 「呼び出す」 when invoke means summoning something forth, the classic case being a spirit.

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

• 呼ぶよぶto call out (to)
• 呼び出すよびだすto call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.)
• 下ろすおろすto invoke (a spirit)
• 叩くたたくto call