I Love Kanji降りる (oriru)
降りる (おりる, oriru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- おりる
- Romaji
- oriru
- Word class
- Ichidan verb (る-verb)
- Level
- JLPT N5 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 下りる
- to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 降りる
- to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to fold · ichidan verb, intransitive
- to be granted; to be issued; to be given · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 下りる
- to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.) · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 降りる
Example sentences
あのプロのスキーヤーは離れ業をしながら山をおりるのが好きだった。
The professional skier liked to "hot-dog" down the mountain.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 降りる
Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 降りる | おりる oriru |
| Polite (~masu) | 降ります | おります orimasu |
| Negative | 降りない | おりない orinai |
| Polite negative | 降りません | おりません orimasen |
| Past | 降りた | おりた orita |
| Polite past | 降りました | おりました orimashita |
| Negative past | 降りなかった | おりなかった orinakatta |
| Te-form | 降りて | おりて orite |
| Potential | 降りられる | おりられる orirareru |
| Passive | 降りられる | おりられる orirareru |
| Causative | 降りさせる | おりさせる orisaseru |
| Volitional | 降りよう | おりよう oriyou |
| Imperative | 降りろ | おりろ oriro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 降りれば | おりれば orireba |
Kanji in 降りる
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 降りる.
降るふるto fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.)降伏こうふくsurrender降ろすおろすto take down以降いこうon and after下降かこうdescent降水こうすいrainfall
Source: JMdict entry 1589500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.