This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

Word

呼ぶ

喚ぶ
よぶ
to call out (to); to call; to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to brand; to garner (support, etc.); to gather; to take as one's wife
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呼称

こしょう
naming; giving a name; designation; denomination; nominal
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呼吸

こきゅう
breath; respiration; knack; trick; secret (of doing something)
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呼びかける

呼び掛ける、呼掛ける
v1
vt
よびかける
to call out to; to accost; to address (crowd); to appeal
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呼び出す

喚び出す、呼出す
よびだす
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to decoy; to lure; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
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呼び名

呼名
よびな
given name; popular name; mnemonic name
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呼び寄せる

呼寄せる
v1
vt
よびよせる
to call; to summon; to send for; to call together
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呼び出し

呼出し、呼出
よびだし
call; summons; paging; curtain call; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse); high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period); unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)
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呼応

こおう
hailing each other; acting in concert; agreement; concord
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呼ばわり

vs
よばわり
to call (e.g. somebody a thief); to denounce; to brand as