Japanese edit

Kanji in this term

Grade: 6
kun’yomi

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

  • 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 [òríꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) 降りろ [òríꜜrò]
Key constructions
Passive 降りられる りられ [òríráréꜜrù]
Causative 降りさせる りさせ [òrísáséꜜrù]
Potential 降りられる りられ [òríráréꜜrù]
Volitional 降りよう りよ [òríyóꜜò]
Negative 降りない ない [òríꜜnàì]
Negative perfective 降りなかった なかった [òríꜜnàkàttà]
Formal 降ります りま [òrímáꜜsù]
Perfective 降りた りた [óꜜrìtà]
Conjunctive 降りて りて [óꜜrìtè]
Hypothetical conditional 降りれば れば [òríꜜrèbà]

Verb edit

()りる (oriruintransitive ichidan (stem () (ori), past ()りた (orita))

Japanese verb pair
active 降ろす
mediopassive 降りる
  1. get off, disembark
    バスから()りる/バス()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 edit

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 edit

References edit

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