降りる
おりる
to get off
Oriru (降りる) is an ichidan verb meaning "to get off". Its polite form is 降ります (orimasu), its te form is 降りて (orite), its past form is 降りた (orita), and its negative form is 降りない (orinai).
Ichidan verbJLPT N5
Oriru (降りる) conjugation quick reference
降りる means "to get off". Its main forms are listed below, with links to the grammar pattern behind each form.
Oriru example sentences
バスを降ります。
I get off the bus.
駅で降りました。
I got off at the station.
ここで降りません。
I won’t get off here.
How to use Oriru: grammar notes
•Use を after the place you're getting off, like 電車を降ります (get off the train).
•Make sure not to use から with 降りる — it's more natural to just say something like バスを降りました (I got off the bus).
•Since 降りる is a regular "ru-verb," you can make the polite form easily: 降ります (present) and 降りました (past).
•JLPT N5 level
Common phrases with Oriru
バスを降りる
to get off the bus
電車から降りる
to get off the train
エレベーターを降りる
to get off the elevator
Oriru (降りる) conjugation table
| Form | Japanese | Romaji |
|---|---|---|
| Basic Forms | ||
| Dictionary Form | 降りる | oriru |
| Masu Form | 降ります | orimasu |
| Te Form | 降りて | orite |
| Past Form | 降りた | orita |
| Negative Form | 降りない | orinai |
| Past Negative | 降りなかった | orinakatta |
| Polite Forms | ||
| Polite Present | 降ります | orimasu |
| Polite Past | 降りました | orimashita |
| Polite Negative | 降りません | orimasen |
| Polite Past Negative | 降りませんでした | orimasendeshita |
| Advanced Forms | ||
| Potential Form | 降りられる | orirareru |
| Passive Form | 降りられる | orirareru |
| Causative Form | 降りさせる | orisaseru |
| Causative Passive | 降りさせられる | orisaserareru |
| Volitional Form | 降りよう | oriyou |
| Imperative Form | 降りろ | oriro |
| Conditional Forms | ||
| Conditional (ば) | 降りれば | orireba |
| Conditional (たら) | 降りたら | oritara |
| Other Forms | ||
| Progressive Form | 降りている | oriteiru |
| Desire (たい) | 降りたい | oritai |
| Prohibition | 降りるな | oriruna |