被せる

Japanese

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

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
to pour (liquid)
to add (to color, sound, etc.)
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[1]
watashi no hatsugen ni kabusete onaji koto o iu
to talk over me repeating my words
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 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

For pronunciation and definitions of 被せる – see the following entry.

[verb] to put clothes on someone, to dress someone, to have someone wear clothing

[verb] to coat something with a layer, to plate, to cover something

[verb] 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.)

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