How do you say "call button" in Japanese?

Name: You Wave. You Cough. Nobody Comes. There Is a Button Right Next to Your Hand.
Uploaded: 2026-08-04T09:59:13Z
Duration: 19 s
Description: Learn to say 呼び出しボタン (yobidashi botan) — call button. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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You Wave. You Cough. Nobody Comes. There Is a Button Right Next to Your Hand.

To say call button in Japanese, say 呼び出しボタン (yobidashi botan).

You have been trying to catch a server's eye for five minutes. In a lot of Japanese restaurants nobody is coming, and it is not because they forgot you.

呼び出しボタン yobidashi botan call button

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In this video

呼び出しボタンです。 yobidashi botan desu. It's the call button.
ご用の際は、ボタンを押してください。 goyou no sai wa, botan o oshite kudasai. On the table card: When you need something, please press the button.

Kanji in this phrase

ご用の際は: ごようのさいわ
呼び出しボタン: よびだしボタン
呼び出し: よびだし
ご用: ごよう
際: さい
押して: おして

Why this phrase

Chain izakaya, sushi belts, yakiniku places and family restaurants seat you and then wait to be summoned. The 呼び出しボタン on the table edge, or the 店員呼出 tab on the tablet, is the actual mechanism. Pressing it is the polite move, and where there is no button, calling out すみません is the normal alternative. One recognition, one behavior change, and the rest of the meal works.