呼び出す・呼出す|よびだすyobidasu[3]nakadaka (mid-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Which spelling to use
呼び出す呼び出す, written with kanji and kana, is the most common form and the recommended choice for beginners.
呼出す呼出す is a less common written variant of 呼び出す; learners should generally use 呼び出す instead.
Definitions
  1. 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)
    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.
  2. godan verb, transitive verb, computingto invoke (e.g. a subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
    4つのレジスタは、呼び出よびだされた関数かんすう側がわが保存ほぞんする。↗
    The contents of the four registers are preserved by the called subroutine.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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

Japanese definitions
  1. 自みずから声こえをかけて、来くるようにうながす。
  2. 人ひとをやって、こちらへ来くるように伝つたえさせる。呼よんでこさせる。
  3. 敷地しきちや建物たてものの外そとへ誘い出さそいだす。
  4. プログラムやサブルーチンなどを実行じっこうするための命令めいれいを出だす。
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