Translation guide
How to express 'send for' in Japanese, covering summoning a person, requesting an item, and ordering delivery.
To ask or tell someone to come, especially for help or a specific purpose.
The most common and versatile verb for calling or summoning someone. Can be used for calling a doctor, a taxi, a waiter, etc.
医者を呼んでください。
Please send for a doctor.
To ask for something to be brought or sent to you, such as a catalog, brochure, or sample.
To have food or goods delivered to your location.
Specifically for ordering food delivery. Very common in daily life.
今夜はピザの出前を取ろう。
Let's send for pizza tonight.
He sent for a taxi right away.
Literally 'go to call', used when you physically go to fetch someone.
彼女を呼びに行ってくれますか？
Could you go and send for her?
Literally 'send a pickup', used when dispatching someone to bring a person back.
駅に迎えをやってください。
Please send someone to pick me up at the station.
To order or have something sent from another place, often used for goods not in stock.
カタログを取り寄せました。
I sent for a catalog.
この本は取り寄せになります。
We'll have to send for this book.
To request or demand something formally, such as a document or payment.
資料を請求してください。
Please send for the materials.
To have someone send something to you; a casual way to say 'get them to send it'.
パンフレットを送ってもらえますか？
Can you send for a brochure?
A more modern, loanword-based expression for ordering delivery of any kind.
寿司のデリバリーを頼みました。
I sent for sushi delivery.
General verb for ordering, can be used for delivery or takeout.
電話で注文してください。
Please send for it by phone.