In Japanese, "get off" is 降りる (oriru). It is a verb pronounced "oh-ree-roo".
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降りる is written in kanji and hiragana. Romanised as oriru, it sounds roughly like "oh-ree-roo" to an English ear.
彼は上手に降ります。
Kare wa jouzu ni orimasu.
He to get offs well.
降りる means to get off in Japanese. This is an everyday verb that learners encounter early. Mastering its masu form (降ります) and te-form opens up many sentence patterns.
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Buy on Steam降りる is romanised as oriru. Say it roughly like "oh-ree-roo" in English. Each Japanese syllable has even weight, so keep the rhythm steady.
降りる is the plain (dictionary) form, used in casual speech and in dictionaries. For polite situations, verbs take a different ending, typically -masu. In Noun Town the game always shows the dictionary form.
降りる is written using kanji and hiragana. Kanji characters carry the core meaning; any hiragana or katakana that follow show grammatical endings.
This word is part of the vocabulary taught in the Japanese language learning game Noun Town, where words are introduced through play rather than memorisation.
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