降りる
おりる
hepburn oriru
to get off (vehicle), to descend
Part of speech · ichidan-verb
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 次の駅で降ります。I get off at the next station.
- 階段を降りてください。Please go down the stairs.
Collocations
降りる (oriru, get off / descend)降ろす (orosu, take down / let off — transitive)飛び降りる (tobioriru, jump off)降りる駅 (oriru eki, station to get off at)雨が降る (ame ga furu, rain falls — same kanji, different verb)
Mnemonic
降りる oriru — intransitive "to get off / descend", opposite of 乗る. The same kanji 降 powers two distinct verbs: 降りる (oriru, a person descending) vs 降る (furu, rain/snow falling). Same kanji, different readings, different agents. Transitive pair 降ろす (orosu, to take down / let off) — used for cargo or passengers. The anchor for downward-motion vocabulary. Onyomi こう (kou): 下降 (kakou, descent), 降伏 (koufuku, surrender) — physical descent extended to abstract submission.
Quick check
Verbs for "rain falls" vs "get off the train" in Japanese?