呼び出し

呼び出し

Japanese

Kanji in this term
呼	出
よ Grade: 6	だ Grade: 1
kun’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 呼び (yobi, “calling”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 呼ぶ yobu, “to call”) +‎ 出し (dashi, “out”, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative or stem form”) of verb 出す dasu, “to let or bring out”). Literally “calling [something] out”.

Pronunciation

• Kun’yomi
  • (Tokyo) よびだし [yòbídáshí] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
  • IPA^(key): [jo̞bʲida̠ɕi]

Noun

呼び出し (hiragana よびだし, rōmaji yobidashi)

1. (computing) a call, such as of a function or method
2. (law) a summons
3. (sumo) a ring attendant at a sumo match who announces competitors’ names and tends the dohyo between bouts
4. (fantasy) an invocation or summons, as of a magic spell or of a spirit

Synonyms

• (summons): 召 (しょう)喚 (かん) (shōkan)
• (summons, as a document): 召 (しょう)喚 (かん)状 (じょう) (shōkanjō); 呼 (よ)び出 (だ)し状 (じょう) (yobidashijō), 呼出状 (よびだしじょう) (yobidashijō)
• (sumo attendant): 前 (まえ)行 (ぎょう)司 (じ) (mae gyōji)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN