Magento 2: is any way to use the js function in phtml file?

is there any way to use the function from js file to phtml file. Below is the js file that i have called through the data-mage-init.

define([
    'jquery',
    'jquery/ui'
], function($) {
    'use strict';

    $.widget('mage.simple2', {
        _method2: function() {
            console.log('method2');   
        },
        _method: function() {
             console.log('method');   
        }
    });
    return $.mage.simple2;
});

this file is call using the below line in phtml file

<input type="text" data-mage-init="{"Vendor_Simple2/js/simple2"}" />

Now i want to call _method or _method2 in phtml file. Is that possible?
Please share if anyone have idea about that.

Thanks.