乗ります（のります、norimasu）
- to ride

The Japanese verb 乗ります means "to ride" or "to get on" a vehicle. This can include anything from a bus or train to a bicycle or even a horse. It implies the act of boarding or entering a means of transportation. This is a common and fundamental verb in Japanese.

⚫︎バスに 乗ります。 Translation: I ride the bus. ⚫︎電車に 乗ります。 Translation: I get on the train. ⚫︎自転車に 乗ります。 Translation: I ride a bicycle.

⚫︎When using 乗ります, you typically follow it with the particle に or へ, indicating the destination or the vehicle you are getting on. ⚫︎It's important to note that the vehicle itself is often marked with に. ⚫︎Use it in everyday conversation when talking about traveling or using transportation. ⚫︎Remember to conjugate the verb based on the tense and politeness level of the conversation (e.g., 乗る - plain form, 乗りません - negative polite form, 乗りました - past polite form).

⚫︎The verb is typically written in hiragana as のります. ⚫︎The kanji is 乗ります, but in casual writing or for beginners, hiragana is common. ⚫︎The okurigana (the hiragana following the kanji) is always ります when using the polite form 乗ります.

⚫︎乗車します (じょうしゃします) - to board (formal). ⚫︎搭乗します (とうじょうします) - to board (airplane - formal). ⚫︎入る (はいる) - to enter (can be used in some contexts, but not the same meaning).

⚫︎降ります (おります) - to get off, to disembark. ⚫︎降りる (おりる) - plain form of 降ります.

毎朝、私はバスに乗ります。 ・Translation: Every morning, I ride the bus. ・Explanation: This sentence describes a daily routine using the verb 乗ります and the particle に to show what is ridden.

東京駅で新幹線に乗ります。 ・Translation: I will get on the Shinkansen (bullet train) at Tokyo Station. ・Explanation: This sentence shows the use of the verb 乗ります to describe how to get on the Shinkansen, with に identifying where one will board.

The kanji 乗 itself means "to ride" or "to get on". The verb suffix ります is a polite conjugation of the verb る (to do/be). Combining them creates the polite form of the verb "to ride". The origin is not typically discussed in detail in beginner Japanese lessons.