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被かぶる

Kana かぶる Romaji kaburu

JLPT N3 Common word

01

被る かぶる · kaburu

JLPT N3 Common word 冠る、かむる

01godan verb · transitive

usually kana

to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)

02godan verb · transitive

usually kana

to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water

04godan verb · transitive

05godan verb · transitive

to be similar; to be redundant

06godan verb · intransitive

to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)

of film

07godan verb · intransitive

to close; to come to an end

of a play, etc.

08godan verb · intransitive

to get a full house; to sell out

of a play, etc.

09godan verb · intransitive

archaic

to blunder; to bungle; to fail

of a play, etc.

10godan verb · intransitive

archaic

to be deceived

Examples

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

「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

02

被る こうむる · koumuru

蒙る

Examples

彼は仕事で蒙った莫大な損失から立ち直れないだろう。

He will never get over his huge business losses.

Tatoeba #106655

その会社は甚大な被害を被った。

The company suffered big losses.

Tatoeba #211782

その会社は去年10億円の損失を被った。

The company suffered a loss of one billion yen last year.

Tatoeba #211815

Source

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