被る

Japanese

Etymology 1

Kanji in this term
Grade: S
irregular
Alternative spelling
冠る

kagapuru → kagaɸuru.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɡa̠ɸɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

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
Alternative spelling
冠る

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

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 [kàbúꜜrù]
Imperative (命令形) かぶれ [kàbúꜜrè]
Key constructions
Passive かぶられる ぶられ [kàbúráréꜜrù]
Causative かぶらせる ぶらせ [kàbúráséꜜrù]
Potential かぶれる ぶれ [kàbúréꜜrù]
Volitional かぶろう ぶろ [kàbúróꜜò]
Negative かぶらない ぶらない [kàbúráꜜnàì]
Negative perfective かぶらなかった ぶらなかった [kàbúráꜜnàkàttà]
Formal かぶります ぶりま [kàbúrímáꜜsù]
Perfective かぶった った [kàbúꜜttà]
Conjunctive かぶって って [kàbúꜜttè]
Hypothetical conditional かぶれば れば [kàbúꜜrèbà]

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
Alternative spelling
冠る

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) [kàmúꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [2])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ka̠mɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

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
Alternative spelling
蒙る

kagapuru → kauburu → koːburu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ko̞ːbɯ̟ɾɯ̟]

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
Alternative spelling
蒙る

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

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 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN