被(かぶ)せる

かぶせる
verb (ichidan)
to put on top; to cover; to place over
他動詞 transitiveaction
See also: かぶる (intransitive)
Conjugation
AffirmativeNegative
Present被(かぶ)せる被(かぶ)せない
Present polite被(かぶ)せます被(かぶ)せません
Past被(かぶ)せた被(かぶ)せなかった
Past polite被(かぶ)せました被(かぶ)せませんでした
て form被(かぶ)せて被(かぶ)せなくて
ている present被(かぶ)せている被(かぶ)せていない
ている polite被(かぶ)せています被(かぶ)せていません
ている past被(かぶ)せていた被(かぶ)せていなかった
ている past polite被(かぶ)せていました被(かぶ)せていませんでした
Conditional ば被(かぶ)せれば被(かぶ)せなければ
Conditional たら被(かぶ)せたら被(かぶ)せなかったら
Volitional被(かぶ)せよう—
Volitional polite被(かぶ)せましょう—
Potential被(かぶ)せられる被(かぶ)せられない
Passive被(かぶ)せられる被(かぶ)せられない
Causative被(かぶ)せさせる被(かぶ)せさせない
Imperative被(かぶ)せろ被(かぶ)せるな
1. to cover, to put over, to place on top
To place something over or on top of something else so as to cover it.
鍋(なべ)にふたを被(かぶ)せる。
Put a lid on the pot.
I put a blanket over the sleeping child.
I finished the cake by coating it with chocolate.
2. to put (a hat, etc.) on someone; to make someone wear
To place a hat, hood, or similar item on someone else's head.
I put a hat on the child.
I put the hood on the baby before going outside.
I put a Santa hat on the dog and took a photo.
3. to shift (blame) onto someone
To make someone else bear the responsibility or blame for something.
責任(せきにん)を人(ひと)に被(かぶ)せるな。
Don't shift the blame onto others.
He shifted his own failure onto his subordinate.
He was framed with the crime and arrested despite being innocent.

Transitivity

Common patterns

Nuance: While 被(かぶ)る means to put something on oneself or to be covered, 被(かぶ)せる means to put something over someone or something else.