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呼ぶ

よぶ

to call, to name

Mnemonic

You shout across the restaurant for the waiter. Yo よ, boo ぶ, over here, and everybody in the place turns round except him: よぶ.

Worth knowing

The verb. 名前 なまえ is the name itself.

Built from

call out
口 mouth + 乎 breath out

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