被

Meaning

被 centers on something coming over or onto a person: being covered, wearing something, or passively receiving an action or effect. The meanings of incurring, sheltering, and being exposed all flow from this idea of being on the receiving end of an external layer or event.

• 被害ひがい
  N3

  (suffering) damage; injury; harm

• 被るかぶる
  N4

  to put on (one's head); to wear; to have on; to pull over (one's head); to crown (oneself)

• 被災ひさい
  N2

  suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)

• 被告ひこく
  N1

  defendant; the accused

• 被ひ

  indicates being the subject or receiver of an action, decision, etc.; -ee (e.g. employee, examinee, trustee)

• 被爆ひばく

  being bombed

• 被りかぶり

  headdress; crown; covering; fogging (photography); blushing

• 被曝ひばく

  being exposed to radiation; radiation exposure

• 被せきせ

  not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

• 被弾ひだん

  being shot; being bombed

• 被験者ひけんしゃ

  subject (of a medical experiment, etc.); test subject; trial subject; testee

• 被せるかぶせる
  N2

  to cover (with something)

• 被写体ひしゃたい

  (photographic) subject

• 法被はっぴ

  happi coat; happy coat; workman's livery coat; traditional Japanese straight-sleeved coat

• 被覆ひふく

  coating; covering

• 被り物かぶりもの

  headgear; headdress

• 被虐ひぎゃく

  suffering (as a result of maltreatment)

• 被るこうむる

  to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)

• 被選挙権ひせんきょけん

  eligibility for election

• 被服ひふく

  clothing

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