覆い被せる

覆いかぶせる

Reading

Kana: おおいかぶせる

Romaji: ooikabuseru

Definition

v1

vt

1

to cover up with something

Kanji

覆

Readings: フク、 おお.う、 くつがえ.す、 くつがえ.る

Meanings: capsize, cover, shade, mantle, be ruined

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 Sentence

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.