Meaning of 被る in Japanese

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Definition of 被る

かぶる(kaburu) · かむる(kamuru) 【 被る ·冠る 】

被冠 Kanji Details

  1. (v5r, vt) to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)

    「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.

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

    その機械はほこりをかぶっていた。
    The machine was coated with dust.

  3. to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)

    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.

  4. to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
  5. to be similar; to be redundant
  6. (v5r, vi) to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)
  7. to close; to come to an end
  8. to get a full house; to sell out
  9. to blunder; to bungle; to fail →Related words: 毛氈を被る
  10. to be deceived
こうむる(koumuru) 【 被る ·蒙る 】

被蒙 Kanji Details

  1. (v5r, vt) to suffer; to receive; to sustain

    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.

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