語感 Dictionary

被る

かぶる· also かむる、こうむる

to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head)

JLPT N5 Common word Genki L7 Also written 冠る、蒙る

Meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Transitive

    to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)
  2. to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water
  3. to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)
  4. to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
  5. to be similar; to be redundant
All 9 meanings

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

    to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)
  2. to close; to come to an end
  3. to get a full house; to sell out

  4. Godan verb (-ru), Transitive

    to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
Rare and archaic meanings (2)

  1. Godan verb (-ru), Intransitive

    to blunder; to bungle; to failArchaic
  2. to be deceivedArchaic

Forms

PlainPolite
Present被るかぶる被りますかぶります
Negative被らないかぶらない被りませんかぶりません
Past被ったかぶった被りましたかぶりました
Past negative被らなかったかぶらなかった被りませんでしたかぶりませんでした
Te-form被ってかぶって
Potential被れるかぶれる
Passive被られるかぶられる
Causative被らせるかぶらせる
Volitional被ろうかぶろう
Imperative被れかぶれ
Conditional (ば)被ればかぶれば
Conditional (たら)被ったらかぶったら

Example sentences

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