かぶる

被 る

Common word

  1. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself)
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 「白い帽子をかぶっている男の人は誰ですか」と私は彼女に言った。
      I asked her who the man wearing the white hat was.

  2. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water
    word usually written using kana alone

    • その機械はほこりをかぶっていた。
      The machine was coated with dust.

  3. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden)
    word usually written using kana alone

    • 避難民は食料や水、薬などその他いろいろ不足を被るものだ。
      Refugees will suffer lack of food, water, medicine and all that.

  4. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

  5. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, transitive verb

    to be similar, to be redundant

  6. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)
    of film

  7. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to close, to come to an end
    of a play, etc.

  8. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to get a full house, to sell out
    of a play, etc.

  9. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to blunder, to bungle, to fail
    of a play, etc.
    archaic

  10. Godan verb with 'ru' ending, intransitive verb

    to be deceived
    archaic