JLPT N2 · Verb

被せる (kabuseru)

被せる (かぶせる, kabuseru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to cover (with something)”. It is usually written in kana. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かぶせる
Romaji: kabuseru
Word class: Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

to cover (with something) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to put on (e.g. someone's head) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to pour liquid (on something); to dash liquid (over something) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to plate (something) with metal; to cover (with a dental crown) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana
to add (e.g. music to a video); to include (into something) · ichidan verb, transitive · usually written in kana

Example sentences

彼は車にカバーを被せた。

He put a cover over his car.

Tatoeba #104666

新しいクラウンをかぶせる必要があります。

You have to have a new crown.

Tatoeba #145498

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

Conjugation of 被せる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	被せる	かぶせる kabuseru
Polite (~masu)	被せます	かぶせます kabusemasu
Negative	被せない	かぶせない kabusenai
Polite negative	被せません	かぶせません kabusemasen
Past	被せた	かぶせた kabuseta
Polite past	被せました	かぶせました kabusemashita
Negative past	被せなかった	かぶせなかった kabusenakatta
Te-form	被せて	かぶせて kabusete
Potential	被せられる	かぶせられる kabuserareru
Passive	被せられる	かぶせられる kabuserareru
Causative	被せさせる	かぶせさせる kabusesaseru
Volitional	被せよう	かぶせよう kabuseyou
Imperative	被せろ	かぶせろ kabusero
Conditional (~ba)	被せれば	かぶせれば kabusereba

Kanji in 被せる

被

incur, cover, veilヒ・こうむ.る・おお.う · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 被せる.

被るかぶるto put on (one's head)被害ひがい(suffering) damage

Source: JMdict entry 1484320 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.