出る|でるderu[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N5approx.Common
Definitions
  1. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out
  2. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out
  3. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto move forward
  4. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach
  5. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display
    私の家いえにおばけが出でたのは本当ほんとうだ。↗
    It's true that a ghost appeared at my house.
  6. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out
  7. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform
  8. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised
  9. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto sell
  10. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto exceed; to go over
  11. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto stick out; to protrude
  12. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto break out; to occur; to start; to originate
  13. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be produced
  14. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto come from; to be derived from
  15. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid
  16. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto answer (phone, door, etc.); to get
    電話でんわには出でなかったからメールしておきました。↗
    He didn't answer the phone, so I left him an email.
  17. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto assume (an attitude); to act; to behave
  18. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto pick up (speed, etc.); to gain
  19. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed
  20. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto graduate
    アメリカの学生がくせいの中なかには苦労くろうして働はたらきながら大学だいがくを出でる者ものが多おおい。↗
    Many American students work their way through university.
  21. ichidan verb, intransitive verbto ejaculate; to cum
Conjugation
Dictionary form出る(でる)
Polite (masu)出ます(でます)
Negative (nai)出ない(でない)
polite (masen)出ません(でません)
classical zu / nu出ず・出ぬ(でず・でぬ)
Past (ta)出た(でた)
polite (mashita)出ました(でました)
Past negative (nakatta)出なかった(でなかった)
polite (masen deshita)出ませんでした(でませんでした)
Te form出て(でて)
Potential出られる(でられる)
Passive出られる(でられる)
Causative出させる(でさせる)
Causative passive出させられる(でさせられる)
Conditional (ba)出れば(でれば)
tara出たら(でたら)
Volitional出よう(でよう)
polite (mashou)出ましょう(でましょう)
Imperative出ろ(でろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive出るでる⇄transitive出すだす
部屋へやから出でる
出る describes a subject moving out of a place on its own. 出す describes an agent causing something to move out.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related現れるあらわれるNeutralFocuses on things previously unseen appearing or becoming visible, e.g. 「症状が現れる」; 「出る」 is about movement from inside to outside.
  • Related出現しゅつげんWrittenA Sino-Japanese word for the appearance of something or someone new, e.g. 「新種の出現」; more common in writing than 「現れる」.
  • Related出発しゅっぱつNeutralCovers only the departure sense of 「出る」: leaving your starting point for a destination, e.g. 「八時に出発する」.
  • Related起こるおこるNeutralFor events or phenomena occurring, e.g. 「事故が起こる」; 「出る」 also appears in 「死者が出る」, but 「起こる」 stresses that something happens.
  • Related発するはっするWrittenWritten/formal: to emit sounds, light or orders, or to depart from a place, e.g. 「東京を発する」.
  • Related出で立ついでたつWrittenAn archaic, literary way of saying one sets out on a trip or outing; seen occasionally in writing. In everyday speech use 「出かける」 or 「出発する」.
  • Related現れ出るあらわれでるWrittenWritten: describes something hidden coming into view, stressing the process of emerging.
  • Related出てくるでてくるNeutralStresses coming out from inside toward the speaker, or a thing turning up or being found, e.g. 「財布が出てきた」.
  • Related発つたつWrittenTo set off on a journey to a distant place, e.g. 「明日日本を発つ」; weightier and more formal than 「出る」.
  • Antonym入るいるWrittenThe opposite of 「出る」: to go in. Standing alone it sounds archaic and survives mostly in set phrases like 「恐れ入る」; everyday speech says 「はいる」.

Default to 「出る」 for going out or leaving. Use 「現れる」 for things appearing or becoming visible, 「出発する」 or 「発つ」 for setting off, 「出てくる」 for things turning up or being found, and 「起こる」 for events happening.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (原義げんぎ)中ちゅうから外そとへ移動いどうする。
  2. 基準きじゅんとなる場所ばしょから離はなれる。
  3. (学校がっこうなどを)卒業そつぎょうする。
  4. 姿すがたを現あらわす。
  5. 発生はっせいする。
  6. よくみられる言動げんどうが起おこる。いつものくせがあらわれる。期待きたいしていた出来事できごとが発生はっせいする。
  7. 特定とくていの場ばに登場とうじょうする。出演しゅつえんする。
  8. 掲載けいさいされる。報道ほうどうされる。
  9. 出席しゅっせきする。参加さんかする。出勤しゅっきんする。
  10. 応対おうたいする。
  11. 何なんらかの態度たいどをとる。手段しゅだんをとる。
  12. でいる。
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