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被せる

Reading

Kana: かぶせる
Romaji: kabuseru
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Definition

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vt
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to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)

Note: word usually written using kana alone

Kanji

被
Readings: ヒ、 こうむ.る、 おお.う、 かぶ.る、 かぶ.せる
Meanings: incur, cover, veil, brood over, shelter, wear, put on, be exposed (film), receiving

Example Sentences

彼(かれ)は車(くるま)にカバーを被(かぶ)せた。
➥He put a cover over his car.
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新聞紙(しんぶんし)を広(ひろ)げて亡子()に覆(おお)いかぶせた。
➥He opened a newspaper and covered the dead child.
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新(あたら)しいクラウンをかぶせる必要(ひつよう)があります。
➥You have to have a new crown.
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種(たね)の上(うえ)に少(すこ)し土(ど)をかぶせなさい。
➥Cover the seeds with a little earth.
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私(わたし)は顔(かお)の上(うえ)にハンカチをかぶせて眠(ねむ)った。
➥I went to sleep with a handkerchief over my face.
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彼女(かのじょ)はバスケットにかぶせてあるナプキンの片隅(かたすみ)を持(も)ち上(あ)げ、ちらっと僕(ぼく)に見(み)せた。
➥She lifted one corner of the napkin which covered her basket and let me have a quick look.
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