Often used in the polite form お呼び. Refers to being summoned or invited, especially in formal or service contexts.
See also: お呼び
社長のお呼びがかかった。
I was summoned by the company president.
お呼びでなければ、失礼します。
If I'm not needed, I'll take my leave.
呼び is the plain, neutral noun for a call or invitation, while お呼び is the honorific form used to show respect toward the person doing the calling or inviting.
call; appeal; addressing someone
call; invitation
name by which something is called; popular name; given name
call; summon; page; invoke · call; invoke; open (file)
call out to; hail; address · appeal to; urge; exhort
addressing someone without an honorific suffix; dropping the -san/-chan
call in; invite in; bring in
call; summon; send for
Noun form derived from the continuative stem (連用形) of the verb 呼ぶ (yobu, 'to call, to invite').
barker; tout; hawker · calling out to potential customers
call; hail; yell
pulling body slam
wake someone up by calling; awaken · call to mind; bring back memories; evoke; arouse
wake someone by calling; awaken · bring back memories; evoke; recall
call back; recall; summon back · bring back (memories, feelings); revive; recall
whistle
pump-priming; stimulus; trigger
bell; buzzer
main attraction; highlight; big draw
summon; call for; call to come · habitually call by a name; always call
call; summons; paging; curtain call · call; invocation · sumo usher · contact number for someone without a phone · rinsing area in Edo bathhouse · high-ranking prostitute (Yoshiwara); unlicensed prostitute (Fukagawa)
call out to stop; hail
nominal price; asking price
desalting; salt used for desalting
promoter; booking agent
way of calling; name; term of address
elbow; gooseneck; rainspout
call each other; call out to one another
call out for someone; go around calling
peddling; hawking