Translation guide
How to express 'get out' in Japanese, covering commands to leave, exiting vehicles, escaping, and revealing information.
Telling someone to leave a room, building, or area, often with urgency or anger.
Strong, direct command meaning 'Get out!'. Used when angry or in an emergency. Very blunt.
Get out! Right now!
Softer command, like 'Please leave'. Still direct but less aggressive than 出て行け.
Could you get out for a moment?
Firm command, often used by parents or teachers. More formal than 出て行け but still strong.
Get out of your room.
Very rough, aggressive 'Get lost!' Used in fights or extreme anger. Not for polite company.
Get out! Don't ever come back!
Getting out of a car, taxi, bus, or train.
Getting out of a confined space, prison, or difficult situation.
To slip out, escape from a place or situation. Often implies stealth or difficulty.
He got out of prison.
Formal escape, often from danger or confinement. Used in news or dramatic contexts.
To run away, escape. More general than 抜け出す, can be physical or metaphorical.
When information becomes known or is disclosed, often unintentionally.
For secrets or information to leak out. Intransitive; the information gets out by itself.
The news got out to the public.
To leak information (transitive). Someone lets the information get out.
Colloquial for a secret or lie being exposed. 'It got out' in a casual sense.
Taking an object out of a bag, pocket, drawer, etc.
Getting out of a duty, promise, or event.
To escape or avoid something undesirable. Often used with nouns like 責任 (responsibility) or 約束 (promise).
He tried to get out of his responsibility.
To evade or avoid, often used in formal contexts like avoiding a meeting or duty.
Slang for skipping or shirking duties, like work or school. 'Get out of' in a lazy sense.
Using 出る (でる) alone as a command (出ろ) is grammatically possible but sounds unnatural and weak. Use 出て行け or 出て行って for telling someone to leave.
降りる (おりる) is used for getting off vehicles, while 下りる (おりる) is for descending stairs or slopes. Same reading, different kanji and nuance.
get off the train
go down the stairs
Please get out of the car.
自転車から降りて、歩こう。
Let's get off the bike and walk.
I wonder if there's a way to get out of this meeting.
It was tough to get out of the fire.
危ないから早く逃げて！
It's dangerous, get out of here quick!
彼は秘密を漏らしてしまった。
He let the secret get out.
嘘がばれちゃった。
My lie got out.
He got the key out of his pocket.
I'm thinking of a way to get out of the meeting.
今日は仕事をサボっちゃった。
I got out of work today.