Translation guide
The act of removing cargo, goods, or items from a vehicle, ship, or container.
The physical act of taking goods off a truck, ship, plane, etc.
The most common general term for unloading cargo or goods from a vehicle. Often used as a noun or with する.
トラックの荷降ろしを手伝ってください。
Please help with unloading the truck.
Specifically refers to unloading cargo from a ship or boat, often at a port.
港で船の荷揚げが行われている。
Unloading of the ship is taking place at the port.
Unloading goods from a ship onto land. Often used in logistics and trade contexts.
貨物の陸揚げが完了しました。
The unloading of the cargo has been completed.
A more formal or technical term for loading and unloading, but can refer to just unloading. Often used in compound words.
積み下ろし作業は午後から始まります。
The unloading work will start in the afternoon.
Taking groceries, luggage, or personal belongings out of a car or van.
The most natural way to say 'unload from a car'. Literally 'take down from the car'.
買い物を車から降ろすのを手伝って。
Help me unload the groceries from the car.
General phrase for unloading luggage or baggage from any vehicle.
ホテルに着いたら、荷物を降ろしましょう。
Let's unload the luggage when we arrive at the hotel.
Removing ammunition from a gun.
Literally 'remove bullets'. The standard way to say unload a gun.
安全のために、銃の弾を抜いてください。
For safety, please unload the gun.
A technical term meaning 'release the loading'. Used in military or police contexts.
訓練後は必ず装填を解除すること。
Always unload after training.
Removing or offloading digital content, such as from a device or memory.
Loanword from English, commonly used in IT contexts for unloading data, drivers, or modules.
ドライバーをアンロードしてください。
Please unload the driver.
Means 'take out' or 'extract', used when unloading data from a storage device.
メモリーカードからデータを取り出す。
Unload data from the memory card.
Expressing or venting one's feelings or problems to someone else.
To complain or grumble; often used when someone unloads their troubles onto a listener.
彼はよく私に仕事の愚痴をこぼす。
He often unloads his work complaints on me.
To reveal what's on one's mind; a more serious or heartfelt unloading of emotions.
彼女は親友に胸の内を明かした。
She unloaded her feelings to her best friend.
The English phrase 'unload on someone' does not translate directly to Japanese using 荷降ろし. Use expressions like 愚痴をこぼす or 胸の内を明かす instead.