Translation guide
The English phrase "get off" has multiple meanings, from physically dismounting a vehicle to avoiding punishment. This guide organizes the most useful Japanese equivalents by intended meaning.
To physically leave a bus, train, bicycle, horse, etc.
General verb for getting off any vehicle or animal. Intransitive.
Formal or written term for getting off a train or bus. Often used in announcements.
Please get off here.
To take off clothes, shoes, accessories, etc.
To finish one's working hours and leave the workplace.
To escape without serious penalty for a wrongdoing.
To leave or set out on a trip.
To remove one's hands or presence from something, often as a command.
To manage to fall asleep, especially with difficulty.
To dispatch or mail something.
English uses "get off" for buses, trains, etc., but Japanese uses 降りる (おりる) with the particle を. Do not use 取る (とる) or other verbs meaning "get".
降りる is the everyday verb for getting off any vehicle. 下車する is formal and mainly used in written announcements or polite speech for trains and buses.
take off glasses
Get off that spot.