降りる

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 次の駅で降ります。▶ —
   I get off at the next station.
2. 階段を降りてください。▶ —
   Please go down the stairs.

Collocations

Mnemonic

おりる — 降りる, Yamato. An ichidan verb. The opposite of 乗る noru (to board). A single kanji 降 powers two verbs ── different readings, different subjects ── 降りる oriru: a person gets off. バスを降りる (get off the bus). 降る furu: rain or snow falls. 雨が降る (it rains). Same kanji, different sound, different agent ── a scenery of Japanese kanji branching. The transitive partner is 降ろす orosu (to let off / take down) ── used for cargo or passengers. In the onyomi こう kou the meaning runs from the physical to the abstract ── 下降 kakou (descent), 降伏 koufuku (surrender = 'lying down low'). The Korean readings gang / hang are sister to the onyomi こう.

Quick check

1. Verbs for "rain falls" vs "get off the train" in Japanese?

   • 雨が降る (furu) · 電車を降りる (oriru)
   • 雨が降りる · 電車を降る (swapped)
   • Both 降りる
   • Both 降る