| Subject | English | Japanese |
| rel., budd. | n chanting the invocation to Amida Buddha | 口称 |
| gen. | n invocation of the dead | 招魂 |
| shinto. | n invocation of the gods participating in a rite | 祝詞 news2 nf41 |
| gen. | medium's invocation of a deity to take possession of her | 神降ろし (to receive his divine message or revelation) |
| gen. | n vs yoji passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha | 念仏往生 |