JLPT N5 · Verb

かぶる (kaburu)

かぶる is a Japanese verb meaning “to put on (one's head); to wear”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N5 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 N5 (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

「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.

Tatoeba #236204

その機械はほこりをかぶっていた。

The machine was coated with dust.

Tatoeba #211546

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.

Tatoeba #85787

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

Conjugation of かぶる

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	かぶる	かぶる kaburu
Polite (~masu)	かぶります	かぶります kaburimasu
Negative	かぶらない	かぶらない kaburanai
Polite negative	かぶりません	かぶりません kaburimasen
Past	かぶった	かぶった kabutta
Polite past	かぶりました	かぶりました kaburimashita
Negative past	かぶらなかった	かぶらなかった kaburanakatta
Te-form	かぶって	かぶって kabutte
Potential	かぶれる	かぶれる kabureru
Passive	かぶられる	かぶられる kaburareru
Causative	かぶらせる	かぶらせる kaburaseru
Volitional	かぶろう	かぶろう kaburou
Imperative	かぶれ	かぶれ kabure
Conditional (~ba)	かぶれば	かぶれば kabureba

Source: JMdict entry 1484330 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.