呼よび寄よせる

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Meanings

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ichidan verb, transitive verb

call; summon; send for

Used when you cause someone to come to you, often by sending a message or making a request. Can be used for calling a person to a place, or for ordering goods to be delivered.

彼かれは秘ひ書しょを会かい議ぎ室しつに呼よび寄よせた。
He called his secretary to the meeting room.

田舎いなかから両りょう親しんを呼よび寄よせるつもりです。

I plan to have my parents come from the countryside.

カタログを見みて、新あたらしい家か具ぐを呼よび寄よせた。

I ordered new furniture from a catalog.

Written forms

呼よび寄よせるUsage82%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
呼よびよせるUsage13%
Mixed kana spelling sometimes used for readability or in informal writing.
よびよせるUsage4%
呼よび寄よせるUsage1%
Less common variant; the 寄 is not a standard jōyō reading for this compound.

Kanji

呼call, call out to, invite
寄draw near, stop in, bring near

Similar words

呼よぶ
呼ぶ is the general verb for 'call' or 'invite'. 呼び寄せる emphasizes the action of making someone come to you, often from a distance.
招まねく
招く means 'invite' in a welcoming sense, often to an event. 呼び寄せる is more about summoning or sending for someone, without the nuance of hospitality.

Etymology

Compound of 呼び (continuative form of 呼ぶ 'call') + 寄せる ('bring near').