降りる

• 読み: おりる
• ローマ字: oriru
• 漢字の分解: 降 (kou/o/fu) — descend, fall, get off
• 発音: /o.ɾi.ɾɯ/

意味

To get off; to descend; to go down. Used when alighting from vehicles or going downstairs.

A Group 2 (ichidan) intransitive verb. Conjugated by dropping る and adding the appropriate ending. Used for getting off trains, buses, and taxis, as well as going downstairs or descending mountains. The transitive counterpart is 降ろす (to lower, to drop off).

例文

1. 次の駅で降りてください。
2. 階段を降りたら右に曲がってください。
3. バスを降りたところにコンビニがあります。

使い方ガイド

場面: transportation, daily life, directions

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

The kanji 降 combines 阝 (hill) with 夅 (descend). Originally depicted the action of coming down from a height.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal