• Basic forms
• 被る — wear; suffer; incur / base form
• 被ります — wears; suffers / masu form
• 被った — wore; suffered / ta form
• 被って — wearing … / suffering … / te form
• 被らない — do not wear; do not suffer / negative
• 被れば — if (one) wears / suffers / conditional
• Common expressions
• 帽子を被る — wear a hat
• 被害を被る — suffer damage
• 責任を被る — bear responsibility
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• 被っている — is wearing; is suffering / state

被る（かぶる） is a godan transitive verb. It has two main uses: physically wearing something on the head, and figuratively suffering or incurring something negative such as damage, loss, or responsibility. This is the normal, productive verb used in modern Japanese.

• Basic forms
• 被う — cover; cloak / base form
• 被います — covers / masu form
• 被った — covered / ta form
• 被って — covering … / te form
• 被わない — do not cover / negative
• 被えば — if (something) covers / conditional
• Common expressions
• 雪に被われた山 — a mountain covered with snow
• 闇に被われる — be shrouded in darkness
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• 被われている — is covered / state

被う（おおう） is a rare, literary verb meaning “to cover.” In modern Japanese, this meaning is normally expressed by 覆う or 包む. This form appears mainly in written or classical-style contexts.