降

JLPT N3

Fall, descend

Readings

On’yomi: コウ (kō)

Kun’yomi: お(りる), ふ(る), お(ろす) (o(riru), o(rosu), fu(ru))

• お(りる) – to get off, to descend • お(ろす) – to lower, to unload • ふ(る) – to fall (rain, snow)

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Vocabulary

降りる

おりる

get off

降る

ふる

fall

以降

いこう

after

下降

かこう

descent

降参

こうさん

surrender

Example Sentences

駅で降ります。

えきでおります。

I get off at the station.

雨が降ります。

あめがふります。

It rains.

明日以降です。

あしたいこうです。

It is after tomorrow.

温度が下降します。

おんどがかこうします。

The temperature drops.

降参します。

こうさんします。

I surrender.

Cultural Note

☔ In daily Japanese, 降る (ふる) is used very frequently for weather: 雨が降る (It rains), 雪が降る (It snows).
In Buddhist and poetic contexts, 降 often appears to describe blessings or teachings “descending from heaven.”