Oriru

JLPT N5

Other forms:

降りる (Oriru) is a Japanese ichidan verb meaning “to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down, to alight (e.g. from bus)”.

Meanings

  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come downesp. 下りる
  2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismountesp. 降りる
  3. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to fold
  4. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be granted; to be issued; to be givenesp. 下りる
  5. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.)esp. 降りる
  6. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)esp. 下りる

Examples

  • The curtain fell.

  • It frosted last night.

  • He got off the train.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 降りる

descend

Related words

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