被る

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Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: S
irregular

kagapuru → kagaɸuru.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

(かがふ) (kagafuruyodan

  1. to put on one's head
  2. to receive
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Kanji in this term
かぶ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Contraction of 被る (kagafuru). The medial -g- voices /p/ to /b/.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "かぶる"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
かぶる
Imperative (命令形) かぶれ
Key constructions
Passive かぶられる ぶられ
Causative かぶらせる ぶらせ
Potential かぶれる ぶれ
Volitional かぶろう ぶろ
Negative かぶらない ぶらない
Negative perfective かぶらなかった ぶらなかった
Formal かぶります ぶりま
Perfective かぶった った
Conjunctive かぶって って
Hypothetical conditional かぶれば れば

Verb

(かぶ) (kaburugodan (stem (かぶ) (kaburi), past (かぶ)った (kabutta))

  1. to cover
  2. to wear
  3. to receive
Conjugation
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Kanji in this term
Grade: S
irregular

From 被る (kaburu). Bilabial plosive /b/ becomes bilabial nasal /m/.

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Pronunciation

Verb

(かむ) (kamurugodan (stem (かむ) (kamuri), past (かむ)った (kamutta))

  1. to cover
  2. to wear
  3. to receive
Conjugation

Etymology 4

Kanji in this term
Grade: S
irregular

kagapuru → kauburu → koːburu.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

(こうぶ) (kōburuかうぶる (kauburu)?godan (stem (こうぶ) (kōburi), past (こうぶ)った (kōbutta))

  1. to cover oneself with clothes; to wear
  2. to receive
  3. to experience something unfortunate, suffer
Conjugation

Etymology 5

Kanji in this term
こうむ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

From 被る (kōburu). Bilabial plosive /b/ becomes bilabial nasal /m/.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

(こうむ) (kōmuruかうむる (kaumuru)?godan (stem (こうむ) (kōmuri), past (こうむ)った (kōmutta))

  1. to cover oneself with clothes; to wear
  2. to receive
  3. to experience something unfortunate
Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN