JLPT N4 · Verb

下りる (oriru)

下りる (おりる, oriru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down”. It appears in JLPT N4 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 N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 下りる
  2. to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 降りる
  3. to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to fold · ichidan verb, intransitive
  4. to be granted; to be issued; to be given · ichidan verb, intransitive · esp. 下りる
  5. 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.
ここで降りましょう。
Let's get off here.
今朝は露が降りた。
The dew fell this morning.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 下りる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary下りるおりる oriru
Polite (~masu)下りますおります orimasu
Negative下りないおりない orinai
Polite negative下りませんおりません orimasen
Past下りたおりた orita
Polite past下りましたおりました orimashita
Negative past下りなかったおりなかった orinakatta
Te-form下りておりて orite
Potential下りられるおりられる orirareru
Passive下りられるおりられる orirareru
Causative下りさせるおりさせる orisaseru
Volitional下りようおりよう oriyou
Imperative下りろおりろ oriro
Conditional (~ba)下りればおりれば orireba

Kanji in 下りる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 下りる.

Source: JMdict entry 1589500 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.