降りる
o-ri-ru
降りる is stepping down off what was carrying you
The picture A body that was being carried up there comes down and stands on the ground on its own feet. 降りる steps down off what carried you; 乗る climbs up on and rides.
Where the picture shows up in 降りる
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From a vehicle to the ground
次の駅で降ります。
tsugi no eki de ori-masu
I get off at the next station.
The train door opens and a foot steps down onto the platform.
Where you get off is marked with ~で.
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Down the stairs one tread
階段をゆっくり降りてください。
kaidan o yukkuri orite kudasai
Please come down the stairs slowly.
A hand on the rail, the foot moves to the next tread down, one at a time.
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From a height to the floor
ベッドから降りてもいいですか。
beddo kara orite mo ii desu ka
May I get out of bed?
Sitting at the edge of the bed, both feet are lowered onto the floor.
The starting point is marked with ~から.
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From the air onto the ground
飛行機は空港に降りました。
hikōki wa kūkō ni ori-mashita
The plane landed at the airport.
A plane that was up in the air drops its height and sets its wheels on the runway.
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Stepping back from a job
今回の仕事からは降ります。
konkai no shigoto kara wa ori-masu
I'm stepping back from this one.
Hands come off the cart you were pushing and you step back one pace.
降りる also covers withdrawing from a role or a job.
All of it in one picture
降りる is one picture: setting a foot down from above. Step from the train floor onto the platform and you get off; take the stairs one tread at a time and you come down; swing your feet from the bed onto the floor and you get out of bed; bring a plane from the air onto the runway and it lands; pull your feet out of a job you were holding and you step back from it. Where you came from takes ~から, where you get off takes ~で.