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    3. 降りる

    降りる

    降おり​る​

    to descend (e.g. a mountain)

    N5KMT6News #10+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveTravel & TransportationKanji Vocab13 strokes

    下りる

    おりる

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to descend (e.g. a mountain), to go down, to come down
    2.
    to alight (e.g. from bus), to get off, to disembark, to dismount
    3.
    to step down, to retire, to give up, to quit, to fold
    4.
    to be granted, to be issued, to be given
    5.
    to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.)
    6.
    to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

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    バスを次つぎの停てい留りゅう所じょで降おります。

    I'll get off the bus at the next stop.

    KMT3Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    彼かれは社しゃ長ちょうの座ざを降おりることを決けつ意いした。

    He decided to step down from the position of president.

    KMT6Work & Career
    電でん車しゃを降おりたら、すぐに乗のり換かえのバスを探さがしてください。

    After you get off the train, please immediately look for the connecting bus.

    KMT6Travel & TransportationDaily Life
    山さん頂ちょうから見み下おろす景けし色きは素す晴ばらしかったが、降おりる道みちは険けわしかった。

    The view from the summit was magnificent, but the path down was steep.

    KMT7Nature & EnvironmentTravel & Transportation
    飛ひ行こう機きが着ちゃく陸りくし、乗じょう客きゃくたちはゆっくりとタラップを降おりた。

    The plane landed, and the passengers slowly disembarked down the gangway.

    KMT7Travel & Transportation

    Characters that make up this word

    降
    お.りる・お.ろす・ふ.る・ふ.り・くだ.る・くだ.す…(4)
    descend・precipitate・fall・surrender
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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