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かぶ 被る
Common word JLPT N3 Wanikani level 20 Play audio Show inflections Links
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
1. to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)​Usually written using kana alone
    「
  • しろ白い
  • ぼうし帽子
  • を
  • かぶっている
  • おとこのひと男の人
  • は
  • だれ誰
  • ですか
    • 」
  • と
  • わたし私
  • は
  • かのじょ彼女
  • に
  • い言った
    • 。
I asked her who the man wearing the white hat was.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
2. to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water​Usually written using kana alone
  • その
  • きかい機械
  • は
  • ほこり
  • を
  • かぶっていた
    • 。
The machine was coated with dust.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
3. to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)​Usually written using kana alone
  • ひなんみん避難民
  • は
  • しょくりょう食料
  • や
  • みず水
    • 、
  • くすり薬
  • など
  • そのほかその他いろいろ
  • ふそく不足
  • を
  • かぶ被る
  • もの
  • だ
    • 。
Refugees will suffer lack of food, water, medicine and all that.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
4. to overlap (e.g. sound or color)​
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Transitive verb
5. to be similar; to be redundant​
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
6. to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)​of film
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
7. to close; to come to an end​of a play, etc.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
8. to get a full house; to sell out​of a play, etc.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
9. to blunder; to bungle; to fail​Archaic, See also 毛氈を被る, of a play, etc.
Godan verb with 'ru' ending, Intransitive verb
10. to be deceived​Archaic
Other forms
被る 【かむる】、冠る 【かぶる】、冠る 【かむる】

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