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”.

Noun

呼(よ)び出(だ)し • (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): 召喚(しょうかん) (shōkan)
• (summons, as a document): 召喚状(しょうかんじょう) (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)行司(ぎょうじ) (mae gyōji)