# 被せる
## Japanese
### Etymology 1

* Kanji in this term
* 被
* かぶ Grade: S
* kun'yomi

#### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) かぶせる [kàbúséꜜrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [ka̠bɯ̟se̞ɾɯ̟]

#### Verb

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
       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

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 ||||
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 |

##### Derived terms

* 覆(おお)い被(かぶ)せる (ōikabuseru)

##### Related terms

* 被(かぶ)せ (kabuse)

#### See also

* 被(かぶ)る (kaburu)

### Etymology 2

* Kanji in this term
* 被
* き Grade: S
* kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 被せる – see the following entry. :
| 【着きせる】 | [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.) :

### References

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