JLPT N1 · Verb

庇う (kabau)

庇う (かばう, kabau) is a Japanese verb meaning “to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かばう
Romaji: kabau
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

世間の非難から僕をかばってくれませんか。

Will you screen me from public censure?

Tatoeba #143360

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 庇う

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	庇う	かばう kabau
Polite (~masu)	庇います	かばいます kabaimasu
Negative	庇わない	かばわない kabawanai
Polite negative	庇いません	かばいません kabaimasen
Past	庇った	かばった kabatta
Polite past	庇いました	かばいました kabaimashita
Negative past	庇わなかった	かばわなかった kabawanakatta
Te-form	庇って	かばって kabatte
Potential	庇える	かばえる kabaeru
Passive	庇われる	かばわれる kabawareru
Causative	庇わせる	かばわせる kabawaseru
Volitional	庇おう	かばおう kabaou
Imperative	庇え	かばえ kabae
Conditional (~ba)	庇えば	かばえば kabaeba

Kanji in 庇う

庇

protect, shield, defendヒ・ひさし・おお.う · 7 strokes

Source: JMdict entry 1483060 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.