Why does 出る accept を although it is an intransitive verb?


The JLPT N5 textbook and the Tangorin online dictionary say 出る is intransitive
and, as far as I know, should be used with が, but the Genki I textbook says it
accepts を when it means "to exit". So, which is correct?




「[出]{で}る」 is indeed _**always**_ an intransitive verb. 「[出]{だ}す」 is the
transitive verb.

So, why is it possible to say 「レストラン **を** 出る」、「[日本]{にほん} **を** 出る」, etc? It
is simply an "exception" to the general rule that says one can only attach 「を」
to transitive verbs.

The 「を」 attached to transitive verbs (as in 「ピザを食べる」) functions differently
than the 「を」 in 「レストランを出る」. The former is the famous object-marker. The latter
is, in my own words, the _**" spatial mobility" marker**_. (Excuse my
ignorance if that term is already used elsewhere.) It is not limited to
"exiting".

**Examples of "spatial mobility" using intransitive verbs:**

「[家]{いえ} **を** [出]{で}る」 = "to leave home"、「[空]{そら} **を** [飛]{と}ぶ」 = "to fly in
the sky"、「[道]{みち} **を** [歩]{ある}く」 = "to walk on the street"、「[公園]{こうえん} **を**
[散歩]{さんぽ}する」 = "to take a walk in the park", etc.

All of these verbs are _**intransitive**_.

**The transitive 「[出]{だ}す」:**

「ゴミ **を** [出]{だ}す」 = "to take out the garbage"、「ともだちにコーヒー **を** [出]{だ}した。」 =
"I served coffee to my friends.", etc.




「[出]{で}る」 is indeed _**always**_ an intransitive verb. 「[出]{だ}す」 is the
transitive verb.

So, why is it possible to say 「レストラン **を** 出る」、「[日本]{にほん} **を** 出る」, etc? It
is simply an "exception" to the general rule that says one can only attach 「を」
to transitive verbs.

The 「を」 attached to transitive verbs (as in 「ピザを食べる」) functions differently
than the 「を」 in 「レストランを出る」. The former is the famous object-marker. The latter
is, in my own words, the _**" spatial mobility" marker**_. (Excuse my
ignorance if that term is already used elsewhere.) It is not limited to
"exiting".

**Examples of "spatial mobility" using intransitive verbs:**

「[家]{いえ} **を** [出]{で}る」 = "to leave home"、「[空]{そら} **を** [飛]{と}ぶ」 = "to fly in
the sky"、「[道]{みち} **を** [歩]{ある}く」 = "to walk on the street"、「[公園]{こうえん} **を**
[散歩]{さんぽ}する」 = "to take a walk in the park", etc.

All of these verbs are _**intransitive**_.

**The transitive 「[出]{だ}す」:**

「ゴミ **を** [出]{だ}す」 = "to take out the garbage"、「ともだちにコーヒー **を** [出]{だ}した。」 =
"I served coffee to my friends.", etc.

