下りる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the classical upper bigrade verb (ラ行上二段活用) () (oru).

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「下りる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
下りる
Imperative (命令形) 下りろ
Key constructions
Passive 下りられる りられ
Causative 下りさせる りさせ
Potential 下りられる りられ
Volitional 下りよう りよ
Negative 下りない ない
Negative perfective 下りなかった なかった
Formal 下ります りま
Perfective 下りた りた
Conjunctive 下りて りて
Hypothetical conditional 下りれば れば

Verb

()りる (oriruintransitive ichidan (stem () (ori), past ()りた (orita))

Japanese verb pair
active 下ろす
mediopassive 下りる
  1. to go down, descend
    (やま)()りる
    yama o oriru
    go down a mountain
  2. to be granted, be given
    許可(きょか)()りる
    kyoka ga oriru
    receive permission

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN