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かぶる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
かぶる
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'ru' godan verb, transitive verb
1. to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)  (often written with kana only)
2. to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to dash on oneself; to ship water  (often written with kana only)
3. to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to assume (responsibility); to shoulder (burden)  (often written with kana only)
4. to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
5. to be similar; to be redundant
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
6. to be fogged (due to overexposure, etc.)  (of film)
7. to close; to come to an end  (of a play, etc.)
8. to get a full house; to sell out  (of a play, etc.)
9. to blunder; to bungle; to fail  (see also: 毛氈を被る; of a play, etc.; archaic)
10. to be deceived  (archaic)
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かぶる is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 56,000 (about 7,650,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 7436
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
そして
そと
ときぼうしかぶりましょう
And be sure to wear a hat when you go outside.
かぐ
家具
すべてほこりかぶっていた
All the furniture was covered with dust.
ひなたいる
とき
なに
かぶっていなさい
Cover your head when you are in the sun.
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被る
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Readings : かぶる    かむる   
被る can be read in 2 ways: かぶる (almost always used), かむる (rare).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 56,000 (about 7,650,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N3 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 738 (see iKnow! collections)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 46 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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冠る
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Readings : かぶる    かむる   
冠る can be read in 2 ways: かぶる (almost always used), かむる (rare).
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 26,000 (about 23,400,000 results)
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ヒ   こうむ to suffer, to incur, to receive   
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イ   ころも    きぬ clothes   
ヒ   かわ skin, leather   
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stick   
cliff
また again   
カン   かんむり crown   
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ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
スン   inch
cover; covered   
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