► 動詞
呼ぶ [(2)よぶ] meaning: call rank: 1
☆ 彼女は「ともちゃん」と呼ばれている ⇨ She is called “Tomo-chan”
☆ 彼女はタクシーを呼んだ ⇨ She called a taxi
呼ぶ [(2)よぶ] [coll] meaning: invite rank: 1
☆ 彼は呼ばれていないのに来た ⇨ He came despite was uninvited
☆ 彼女は結婚式に沢山の友達を呼んだ ⇨ She invited many friends to her wedding
呼ぶ [(2)よぶ] [liter] meaning: cause rank: 2
☆ …は不幸を呼ぶと忌み嫌われる ⇨ People despise … because they believe it brings bad luck
☆ 彼は「奇跡を呼ぶ男」と呼ばれている ⇨ He is called “a man who brings about a miracle”
☆ 大きな波乱を呼んだ事件 ⇨ An incident that stirred up a big controversy (☛ Cause a certain reaction from people)
☆ 子供達に大変な人気を呼んだテレビ番組 ⇨ A TV program that became a sensation for kids (☛ Cause a certain reaction from people)
More examples:
- 類は友を呼ぶ ⇨ The same kind of people tend to become friends
- ライオン、虎、豹等を総称して大型猫と呼ぶ ⇨ Lions, tigers, leopards, etc. are called “big cats” as a whole
- 少なくとも助けを呼ぶなり何なり出来た筈だ ⇨ You could at least do something like call for help or whatever
- 或る人はそれを芸術と呼び、或る人はゴミと呼ぶ ⇨ Some people call it art, and some call it garbage
- 私が彼の名を呼ぶと彼は振り返った ⇨ I called his name and he turned around