I Love Kanji呼び掛ける (yobikakeru)
呼び掛ける (よびかける, yobikakeru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to call out to; to hail”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- よびかける
- Romaji
- yobikakeru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to call out to; to hail; to address · ichidan verb, transitive
- to appeal (e.g. to the public); to urge; to exhort; to advise · ichidan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 呼び掛ける
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 呼び掛ける | よびかける yobikakeru |
| Polite (~masu) | 呼び掛けます | よびかけます yobikakemasu |
| Negative | 呼び掛けない | よびかけない yobikakenai |
| Polite negative | 呼び掛けません | よびかけません yobikakemasen |
| Past | 呼び掛けた | よびかけた yobikaketa |
| Polite past | 呼び掛けました | よびかけました yobikakemashita |
| Negative past | 呼び掛けなかった | よびかけなかった yobikakenakatta |
| Te-form | 呼び掛けて | よびかけて yobikakete |
| Potential | 呼び掛けられる | よびかけられる yobikakerareru |
| Passive | 呼び掛けられる | よびかけられる yobikakerareru |
| Causative | 呼び掛けさせる | よびかけさせる yobikakesaseru |
| Volitional | 呼び掛けよう | よびかけよう yobikakeyou |
| Imperative | 呼び掛けろ | よびかけろ yobikakero |
| Conditional (~ba) | 呼び掛ければ | よびかければ yobikakereba |
Kanji in 呼び掛ける
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 呼び掛ける.
呼ぶよぶto call out (to)呼吸こきゅうbreathing呼び出すよびだすto call (someone) to (the door, phone, etc.)呼び止めるよびとめるto (call and) stop掛けるかけるto hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall)見掛けるみかけるto (happen to) seeお目に掛かるおめにかかるto meet (someone of higher status)腰掛こしかけseat掛け算かけざんmultiplication腰掛けこしかけseat見掛けみかけoutward appearanceお出掛けおでかけabout to start out切っ掛けきっかけchance腰掛けるこしかけるto sit (down)
Source: JMdict entry 1266280 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.