降りる

Meaning

1. v1vi
   to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to come down
2. v1vi
   to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to disembark; to dismount
3. v1vi
   to step down; to retire; to give up; to quit; to fold
4. v1vi
   to be granted; to be issued; to be given
5. v1vi
   to form (of frost, dew, mist, etc.)
6. v1vi
   to be passed (from the body; e.g. of a roundworm)

Example sentences

• 暖かい軽い空気は山越えすると上空に上昇し、地上には下りてこないことなど、風は地形によって変わります。

  When warm, light, air crosses mountains it rises into the upper atmosphere and does not fall back to the ground. In this, and other, ways wind changes with the terrain.

• 私はぬかるんだ斜面をずるずると滑り下りた。

  I slithered down the muddy slope.

• 列車を降りるとすぐに、彼はいとこの出迎えを受けた。

  On getting off the train, he was met by his cousin.