呼び出し

呼出し、 呼出

Reading

Kana: よびだし

Romaji: yobidashi

Definitions

noun

vs

1

call; summons; paging; curtain call

See also: 呼び出す (reading よびだす, entry #1)

noun

2

usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.

(Sumo term)

3

telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached

Note: abbreviation

See also: 呼び出し電話

4

box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)

Note: archaism

See also: 陸湯

5

high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period)

Note: archaism

6

unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

Note: archaism

Kanji

呼

Readings: コ、 よ.ぶ

Meanings: call, call out to, invite

出

Readings: シュツ、 スイ、 で.る、 -で、 だ.す、 -だ.す、 い.でる、 い.だす

Meanings: exit, leave, go out, come out, put out, protrude

Example Sentences

呼(よ)び出(だ)しをお願(ねが)いします。

➥I'd like to page someone.

呼(よ)び出(だ)していただけますか。

➥Can you page someone for me?

人(ひと)を呼(よ)び出(だ)していただけませんか。

➥Could you page someone for me?

彼(かれ)を電話口(でんわぐち)に呼(よ)び出(だ)した。

➥I called him to the telephone.

私(わたし)は彼(かれ)を電話(でんわ)に呼(よ)び出(だ)した。

➥I called him up on the phone.

ブラウン氏(し)を呼(よだ)び出()してもらいたい。

➥I want Mr Brown paged.