I Love Kanji被る (kaburu)
被る (かぶる, kaburu) is a Japanese verb meaning “to put on (one's head); to wear”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- かぶる
- Romaji
- kaburu
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden) · godan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
- to overlap (e.g. sound or color) · godan verb, transitive
- to be similar; to be redundant · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
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.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 被る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 被る | かぶる kaburu |
| Polite (~masu) | 被ります | かぶります kaburimasu |
| Negative | 被らない | かぶらない kaburanai |
| Polite negative | 被りません | かぶりません kaburimasen |
| Past | 被った | かぶった kabutta |
| Polite past | 被りました | かぶりました kaburimashita |
| Negative past | 被らなかった | かぶらなかった kaburanakatta |
| Te-form | 被って | かぶって kabutte |
| Potential | 被れる | かぶれる kabureru |
| Passive | 被られる | かぶられる kaburareru |
| Causative | 被らせる | かぶらせる kaburaseru |
| Volitional | 被ろう | かぶろう kaburou |
| Imperative | 被れ | かぶれ kabure |
| Conditional (~ba) | 被れば | かぶれば kabureba |
Kanji in 被る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 被る.
Source: JMdict entry 1484330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.