降りる

Japanese

Kanji in this term
降
お
Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology

From the classical upper bigrade verb(ラ行上二段活用) 降る.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) おり​る [òríꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞ɾʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]
  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "降りる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
降りる おり​る [òríꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 降りろ おり​ろ [òríꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 降りられる おりられ​る [òríráréꜜrù]
Causative 降りさせる おりさせ​る [òrísáséꜜrù]
Potential 降りられる おりられ​る [òríráréꜜrù]
Volitional 降りよう おりよ​ー [òríyóꜜò]
Negative 降りない おり​ない [òríꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 降りなかった おり​なかった [òríꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 降ります おりま​す [òrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 降りた お​りた [óꜜrìtà]
Conjunctive 降りて お​りて [óꜜrìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 降りれば おり​れば [òríꜜrèbà]

Verb

降(お)りる • (oriru) intransitive ichidan (stem 降(お)り (ori), past 降(お)りた (orita))

Japanese verb pair
active 降ろす
mediopassive 降りる
  1. get off, disembark
    バスから降(お)りる/バスを降(お)りる
    basu kara oriru/basu o oriru
    to get off the bus
  2. descend, go down
  3. step down, retire
  4. give up, quit

Usage notes

The kanji usage of 降りる versus 下りる (both pronounced おりる and with very similar meanings of “to lower (oneself)”) is somewhat delicate.

Conjugation

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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