かぶる・被る・冠るkaburu[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. godan verb, transitive verbto put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)
   「白しろい帽子ぼうしをかぶっている男おとこの人ひとは誰だれですか」と私は彼女かのじょに言いった。↗

   I asked her who the man wearing the white hat was.
2. godan verb, transitive verbto be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water
   その機械きかいはほこりをかぶっていた。↗

   The machine was coated with dust.
3. godan verb, transitive verbto bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)
   避難民ひなんみんは食料しょくりょうや水みず、薬くすりなどその他たいろいろ不足ふそくを被かぶるものだ。↗

   Refugees will suffer lack of food, water, medicine and all that.
4. godan verb, transitive verbto overlap (e.g. sound or color)
5. godan verb, transitive verbto be similar; to be redundant
6. godan verb, intransitive verbto be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)of film
7. godan verb, intransitive verbto close; to come to an endof a play, etc.
8. godan verb, intransitive verbto get a full house; to sell outof a play, etc.
9. godan verb, intransitive verbto blunder; to bungle; to failof a play, etc.
10. godan verb, intransitive verbto be deceived

• Synonym着るきるNeutralFor putting on clothes and tops, worn from the shoulders down; 「被る」 is for wearing things on the head, like hats and helmets.
• Synonym着用ちゃくようWrittenWritten/formal word for wearing uniforms, seat belts, helmets and the like, often in rules and regulations; 「被る」 is the everyday verb for putting something on your head.
• SynonymまとうWrittenWritten, literary word for wrapping or draping something around the body, also used figuratively for an air or atmosphere one carries; 「被る」 is wearing a hat.
• Related羽織るはおるNeutralMeans draping a coat or jacket over your shoulders without necessarily putting your arms through the sleeves; 「被る」 is pulling something on over the head.
• Related着付けるきつけるNeutralFor dressing someone or oneself in a kimono, or helping them get dressed; 「被る」 is for wearing a hat.
• Antonym脱ぐぬぐNeutralThe opposite of 「被る」 in putting on and taking off: to take off clothes, hats, shoes, etc.

Use 「被る」 for putting hats and helmets on your head, and 「着る」 for clothes worn from the shoulders down. Use 「羽織る」 for draping a coat over your shoulders, 「着用」 in formal or rule-based contexts, and 「脱ぐ」 for taking things off.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 頭あたまや顔かおに付つけて覆おおう。
2. 液体えきたい・粉こななどを上うえから浴あびる。
3. 本来ほんらい受うけるいわれのない物事ものごとを身みに受うける。
4. 写真しゃしんで、現像げんぞう処理しょりの失敗しっぱいや露出ろしゅつ過多かたなどにより乾板かんぱん・フィルムが曇くもる。
5. ある物事ものごとが重複ちょうふくする。
6. かじる。