呼ぶ

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
呼
よ
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "呼ぶ"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		呼ぶ よぶ
Imperative (命令形) 呼べ よべ
Key constructions
Passive 呼ばれる よばれる
Causative 呼ばせる よばせる
Potential 呼べる よべる
Volitional 呼ぼう よぼ​ー
Negative 呼ばない よばない
Negative perfective 呼ばなかった よばな​かった
Formal 呼びます よびま​す
Perfective 呼んだ よんだ
Conjunctive 呼んで よんで
Hypothetical conditional 呼べば よべ​ば

Verb

呼(よ)ぶ • (yobu) transitive godan (stem 呼(よ)び (yobi), past 呼(よ)んだ (yonda))

  1. to call; to call out
  2. to call, to apply a name to someone
    • 1914, 夏目漱石, こころ:
      私(わたし)はその人(ひと)を常(つね)に先生(せんせい)と呼(よ)んでいた。
      Watashi wa sono hito o tsune ni sensei to yonde ita.
      I always called him "teacher."
  3. to send for someone, to call for someone, to get someone
    • 1926, 松本泰, 日蔭の街:
      早(はや)く、何卒(なにとぞ)、タクシーを呼(よ)んで下(くだ)さい。
      Hayaku, nanitozo, takushī o yonde kudasai.
      Please hurry up and hail a taxi.
  4. to call something by a name; to designate
    • 1910, 有島武郎, 二つの道:
      人(ひと)はいろいろな名(な)によってこの二(ふた)つの道(みち)を呼(よ)んでいる。
      Hito wa iroiro na na ni yotte kono futatsu no michi o yonde iru.
      People know these two paths by many names.
  5. to invite
    お友達(ともだち)をおうちに呼(よ)ぶ
    o-tomodachi o o-uchi ni yobu
    to invite a friend to one's place

Conjugation

Conjugation of "呼ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 呼ば よば yoba
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 呼び よび yobi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 呼ぶ よぶ yobu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 呼ぶ よぶ yobu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 呼べ よべ yobe
Meireikei ("imperative") 呼べ よべ yobe
Key constructions
Passive 呼ばれる よばれる yobareru
Causative 呼ばせる
呼ばす 		よばせる
よばす 		yobaseru
yobasu
Potential 呼べる よべる yoberu
Volitional 呼ぼう よぼう yobō
Negative 呼ばない よばない yobanai
Negative continuative 呼ばず よばず yobazu
Formal 呼びます よびます yobimasu
Perfective 呼んだ よんだ yonda
Conjunctive 呼んで よんで yonde
Hypothetical conditional 呼べば よべば yobeba

References

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
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