呼ぶ

Japanese

Kanji in this term

呼

Verb

呼ぶ (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana よぶ, romaji yobu)

1. to call; to call out
2. to send for someone
3. to call something by a name; to designate

Conjugation

Conjugation of "呼ぶ" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)

Stem forms	Imperfective (未然形)	呼ば	よば	yoba
	Continuative (連用形)	呼び	よび	yobi
	Terminal (終止形)	呼ぶ	よぶ	yobu
	Attributive (連体形)	呼ぶ	よぶ	yobu
	Hypothetical (仮定形)	呼べ	よべ	yobe
	Imperative (命令形)	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