被る
かぶる · kaburu
To put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself)
- to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water
- to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden)
- to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
- to suffer, to receive (kindness, rebuke, support), to sustain (damage)
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 被りますかぶります |
| Polite negative (ません) | 被りませんかぶりません |
| Polite past (ました) | 被りましたかぶりました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 被りませんでしたかぶりませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 被りましょうかぶりましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 被りかぶり |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 被りたいかぶりたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 被りながらかぶりながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 被ってかぶって |
| Plain past (た形) | 被ったかぶった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 被ったらかぶったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 被っているかぶっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 被らないかぶらない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 被らなかったかぶらなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 被らなくてかぶらなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 被れるかぶれる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 被ればかぶれば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 被れかぶれ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 被ろうかぶろう |
| Passive (受身形) | 被られるかぶられる |
| Causative (使役形) | 被らせるかぶらせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 被らされるかぶらされる |
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What does 被る mean?
To put on (one's head), to wear, to have on, to pull over (one's head), to crown (oneself). It can also mean: to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.), to pour (water, etc.) on oneself, to dash on oneself, to ship water; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.), to take (blame), to assume (responsibility), to shoulder (burden); to overlap (e.g. sound or color).
How do you pronounce 被る?
かぶる (kaburu). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 2. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 被る?
JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.
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