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被る

かぶる

usually kana

Readings

かぶるかむる

Meanings

  1. 1.
    v5r, vtto put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)
  2. 2.
    v5r, vtto be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water
  3. 3.
    v5r, vtto bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)
  4. 4.
    v5r, vtto overlap (e.g. sound or color)
  5. 5.
    v5r, vtto be similar; to be redundant
  6. 6.
    v5r, vito be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)
  7. 7.
    v5r, vito close; to come to an end
  8. 8.
    v5r, vito get a full house; to sell out
  9. 9.
    v5r, vito blunder; to bungle; to fail
  10. 10.
    v5r, vito be deceived

Kanji breakdown

被
N410 strokesGrade 8

Example sentences

「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.

その機械はほこりをかぶっていた。

The machine was coated with dust.

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.

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被るかぶる

to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)

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