被せる

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
被
かぶ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

Verb

被(かぶ)せる • (kabuseru) transitive ichidan (stem 被(かぶ)せ (kabuse), past 被(かぶ)せた (kabuseta))

Japanese verb pair
active 被せる
mediopassive 被さる
  1. to cover with; to put on
    本(ほん)に布(ぬの)を被(かぶ)せる
    hon ni nuno o kabuseru
    to cover the book with a cloth
  2. to pour (liquid)
  3. to add (to color, sound, etc.)
  4. to interrupt; to chip in; to continue talking without a pause
    私(わたし)の発言(はつげん)にかぶせて同(おな)じ事(こと)を言(い)う
    watashi no hatsugen ni kabusete onaji koto o iu
    to talk over me repeating my words
  5. to charge; to accuse
    人(ひと)に罪(つみ)を被(かぶ)せる
    hito ni tsumi o kabuseru
    to lay one's crimes on another
Conjugation
Conjugation of "被せる" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 被せ かぶせ kabuse
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 被せ かぶせ kabuse
Shūshikei ("terminal") 被せる かぶせる kabuseru
Rentaikei ("attributive") 被せる かぶせる kabuseru
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 被せれ かぶせれ kabusere
Meireikei ("imperative") 被せよ¹
被せろ² 		かぶせよ¹
かぶせろ² 		kabuseyo¹
kabusero²
Key constructions
Passive 被せられる かぶせられる kabuserareru
Causative 被せさせる
被せさす 		かぶせさせる
かぶせさす 		kabusesaseru
kabusesasu
Potential 被せられる
被せれる³ 		かぶせられる
かぶせれる³ 		kabuserareru
kabusereru³
Volitional 被せよう かぶせよう kabuseyō
Negative 被せない
被せぬ
被せん 		かぶせない
かぶせぬ
かぶせん 		kabusenai
kabusenu
kabusen
Negative continuative 被せず かぶせず kabusezu
Formal 被せます かぶせます kabusemasu
Perfective 被せた かぶせた kabuseta
Conjunctive 被せて かぶせて kabusete
Hypothetical conditional 被せれば かぶせれば kabusereba
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
³ Colloquial potential
Classical conjugation of "被す" (サ行下二段活用, see Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Stem forms
Irrealis (未然形) 被せ さぶせ sabuse
Continuative (連用形) 被せ さぶせ sabuse
Terminal (終止形) 被す さぶす sabusu
Attributive (連体形) 被する さぶする sabusuru
Realis (已然形) 被すれ さぶすれ sabusure
Imperative (命令形) 被せよ さぶせよ sabuseyo
Key constructions
Negative 被せず さぶせず sabusezu
Contrasting conjunction 被すれど さぶすれど sabusuredo
Causal conjunction 被すれば さぶすれば sabusureba
Conditional conjunction 被せば さぶせば sabuseba
Past tense (firsthand knowledge) 被せき さぶせき sabuseki
Past tense (secondhand knowledge) 被せけり さぶせけり sabusekeri
Perfect tense (conscious action) 被せつ さぶせつ sabusetu
Perfect tense (natural event) 被せぬ さぶせぬ sabusenu
Perfect-continuative tense 被せたり さぶせたり sabusetari
Volitional 被せむ さぶせむ sabusemu
Derived terms

See also

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
被
き
Grade: S
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 被せる – see the following entry.
【着きせる】
to put clothes on someone, to dress someone, to have someone wear clothing
to coat something with a layer, to plate, to cover something
to impose an obligation on someone, often improperly, to charge someone with a crime, to pin the blame on someone
Alternative spelling
著せる
(This term, 被せる, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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