呼び出す・呼出す|よびだすyobidasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- godan verb, transitive verbto call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.); to tell (someone) to come; to call up (on the phone); to summon; to page; to invoke (e.g. a spirit)
- godan verb, transitive verb, computingto invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 呼び出す(よびだす) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 呼び出します(よびだします) |
| Negative (nai) | 呼び出さない(よびださない) |
| polite (masen) | 呼び出しません(よびだしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 呼び出さず・呼び出さぬ(よびださず・よびださぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 呼び出した(よびだした) |
| polite (mashita) | 呼び出しました(よびだしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 呼び出さなかった(よびださなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 呼び出しませんでした(よびだしませんでした) |
| Te form | 呼び出して(よびだして) |
| Potential | 呼び出せる(よびだせる) |
| Passive | 呼び出される(よびだされる) |
| Causative | 呼び出させる(よびださせる) |
| Causative passive | 呼び出させられる(よびださせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 呼び出せば(よびだせば) |
| tara | 呼び出したら(よびだしたら) |
| Volitional | 呼び出そう(よびだそう) |
| polite (mashou) | 呼び出しましょう(よびだしましょう) |
| Imperative | 呼び出せ(よびだせ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym喚問かんもんFormalFormal: summoning a witness before the Diet, as in 「証人喚問」; a stiff legal/parliamentary term, not everyday calling.
- Synonym呼び寄せるよびよせるNeutralTo call someone to your side or have them come over, as in 「家族を呼び寄せる」; focuses on bringing the person near you.
- Synonym召喚しょうかんFormalFormal: a court summons (a subpoena), and in games the summoning of spirits or beasts; leans legal and fantasy contexts.
- Related呼ぶよぶNeutralThe most common word for calling or shouting to someone, as in 「名前を呼ぶ」; unlike 「呼び出す」 it does not stress making the person come to a particular place.
- Related招集しょうしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for convening members, as in 「会議を招集する」; leans toward assembling people for a meeting rather than calling one person over.
- Related招致しょうちFormalFormal: attracting people, bidding to host an event, or bringing about consequences, as in 「オリンピック招致」; not for calling someone over on the spot.
- Related動員どういんWrittenWritten/formal prose for mobilizing large numbers of people or things, as in 「観客動員数」; the emphasis is on scale, not on calling one person over.
- Related召集しょうしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose for convening a body such as parliament or calling up troops; leans official, from a position of authority.
- Related呼びにやるよびにやるNeutralTo send someone off to fetch a person, as in 「医者を呼びにやる」; the nuance is dispatching a third party with the message rather than calling the person yourself.
- Related呼び迎えるよびむかえるWrittenWritten/formal prose for sending for someone and welcoming them; rare in modern usage.
- Related呼びつけるよびつけるNeutralTo summon someone over in a high-handed, commanding way, as in 「部下を呼びつける」; carries an order-like tone that 「呼び出す」 alone does not.
- Related召し出すめしだすFormalFormal, old-fashioned: a person of higher status summoning a lower-ranking one to come; rare in modern usage.
- Related招き寄せるまねきよせるNeutralTo beckon someone closer with a gesture, as in 「手招きして招き寄せる」; leans toward beckoning or gesturing rather than calling out.
- Antonym退出させるFormalFormal: to make someone leave or withdraw — the opposite of 「呼び出す」, which brings a person in.
Use 「呼び出す」 to call a person to a place or to invoke a program, as in 「校長室に呼び出す」 and 「関数を呼び出す」. For calling in general use 「呼ぶ」; for convening a meeting 「招集」; for a court summons 「召喚」. Others are narrower: 「呼びつける」 is commanding, 「招き寄せる」 is beckoning, 「呼びにやる」 sends someone to fetch, 「動員」 and 「召集」 are large-scale or official, and 「退出させる」 is the opposite.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only


