How to say "Call" in Japanese

When translating "call" into Japanese, you must choose carefully between よぶ and 晨鐘暮鼓. In Japanese, よぶ (よぶ (yobu)) is typically associated with "to call; to invite" (Syllabus Level: N4) and represents 人や動物に声をかけて来させること、または特定の場所に集まるように働きかけること。電話をかける、医者などを呼ぶ、パーティーに誘うなど、幅広く使われます。To make a person or animal come by calling out to them, or to encourage them to gather at a specific place. Used broadly for calling on the phone, calling a doctor, inviting to a party, etc.. On the other hand, 晨鐘暮鼓 (しんしょうぼこ (shinshoubokou)) maps to "a call to enlightenment, passage of time" (Syllabus Level: C2) and represents Essential structural term in CEFR C2 vocabulary syllabus.. A literal translation of "call" can often sound unnatural to native Japanese speakers if mixed up!