被す
かぶす · kabusu
To cover (with something)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 被しますかぶします |
| Polite negative (ません) | 被しませんかぶしません |
| Polite past (ました) | 被しましたかぶしました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 被しませんでしたかぶしませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 被しましょうかぶしましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 被しかぶし |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 被したいかぶしたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 被しながらかぶしながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 被してかぶして |
| Plain past (た形) | 被したかぶした |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 被したらかぶしたら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 被しているかぶしている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 被さないかぶさない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 被さなかったかぶさなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 被さなくてかぶさなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 被せるかぶせる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 被せばかぶせば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 被せかぶせ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 被そうかぶそう |
| Passive (受身形) | 被されるかぶされる |
| Causative (使役形) | 被させるかぶさせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 被させられるかぶさせられる |
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What does 被す mean?
To cover (with something).
How do you pronounce 被す?
かぶす (kabusu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
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