かぶる

Meanings

1. to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)
2. to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water
3. to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)
4. to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
5. to be similar; to be redundant

Part of speech: godan verb (る), transitive, intransitive

Example sentences

• 「白い帽子をかぶっている男の人は誰ですか」と私は彼女に言った。

  I asked her who the man wearing the white hat was.

  Tatoeba #236204 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• その機械はほこりをかぶっていた。

  The machine was coated with dust.

  Tatoeba #211546 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 避難民は食料や水、薬などその他いろいろ不足を被るものだ。

  Refugees will suffer lack of food, water, medicine and all that.

  Tatoeba #85787 · CC BY 2.0 FR