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JAPANESE VERB

おろす

下ろす

to take down, to withdraw money

  • #336 most used
  • Godan verb (u-verb)

Conjugation

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Present and future

now, habits, and what is to come

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI take down
NegativeI don’t take down

Past

finished actions

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI took down
NegativeI didn’t take down

Te-form

て形 · joining actions, “doing”, requests

Form Polite Plain
て-formtaking down, and…
Doing now (て います)I am taking down
Please (て ください)please take down

Potential

可能形 · “can”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI can take down
NegativeI can’t take down

Want to

たい形 · “want to”

Form Polite Plain
AffirmativeI want to take down
NegativeI don’t want to take down

Volitional

意向形 · “let’s”, “I’ll”

Form Polite Plain
Let’slet’s take down

Conditional

条件形 · “if” and “when”

  1. If (ば) if I take down
  2. If, when (たら) if I take down

Commands and requests

命令形 · from gentle to blunt

  1. Do it (なさい) take down (do it)
  2. Plain command take down!
  3. Please don’t please don’t take down

Passive and causative

受身形・使役形 · “is done”, “make someone do”

Form Polite Plain
PassiveI am taken down
CausativeI make someone take down

How to use おろす

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present and future

    ぎんこう で おかね を おろします。

    I'm taking money out at the bank.

  2. Past

    コンビニ の エーティーエム で にまんえん おろした。

    I withdrew twenty thousand yen at the convenience store cash machine.

  3. Te-form

    たな の うえ の はこ を おろして ください。

    Please take down the box on top of the shelf.

  4. Potential

    この カード は がいこく でも おかね が おろせます。

    With this card you can withdraw money abroad too.

  5. Want to

    ちょきん を すこし おろしたい ん です が。

    I'd like to withdraw a bit of my savings.

  6. Volitional

    やちん の ぶん を おろそう。

    Let's take out the rent money.

  7. Conditional

    いちど に たくさん おろしたら、 あぶない よ。

    If you withdraw a lot at once, it's risky.

  8. Commands and requests

    まぶしい から、 ブラインド を おろしなさい。

    It's glaring, so lower the blinds.

  9. Passive and causative

    バス を まちがえて、 とちゅう で おろされた。

    I got on the wrong bus and was let off partway.

Good to know

  • おかね を おろす is to take money out at a cash machine; おろす is also to take something down from a shelf, or to let someone off a bus.

Verbs like this one

The same pattern, on other verbs: godan verb (u-verb).