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乗る

のる

to ride, to take

Mnemonic

The doors open on a carriage that is already full, and the whole platform gets on regardless. No room in there, and up you go anyway: のる.

Worth knowing

Takes に and not を: バスに乗る. 乗せる のせる is putting somebody else on board. かかる is the other take, of time or money.

Built from

ride, board
A figure standing up in a tree, on top of the thing rather than beside it.

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