particle N4 common casualpolitewritten
を — particle を marking the point of departure/separation
を
Meaning
- from / out of — marks the place you leave, get off, or separate from
Key sentence
次の駅で電車を降りる。
Get off the train at the next station.
Formation
| Attaches to | Form | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Noun (place left) + を + 離脱動詞 | N を 出る・降りる・離れる・卒業する | 家を出る (leave home) |
Examples
朝七時に家を出た。
I left the house at seven.
彼は十八歳で故郷を離れた。
He left his hometown at eighteen.
去年大学を卒業した。
I graduated from university last year.
When you can't use it
- Used with intransitive verbs of leaving or separating (出る, 降りる, 離れる, 卒業する). Note 大学を卒業する takes を, not から.
Easily confused with
を (path) Both are the intransitive-verb を, but を-path marks moving *through/along* a space (道を歩く), while を-departure marks moving *away from* a starting point (家を出る). Passing through vs leaving from. から を-departure highlights the act of leaving the place (バスを降りる = 'get off the bus'); から highlights the starting point of a path or movement (東京から出発する = 'depart from Tokyo').
See を in real sentences
Jengo shows を the way you actually meet it: inside real Japanese sentences, so it sticks instead of staying an abstract rule.
Study it in JengoSources Compiled with reference to A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar.