ichidan verb, intransitive verb
develop a rash; get skin irritation
Refers to a physical skin reaction caused by contact with an irritant, such as poison ivy, chemicals, or insect bites.
ウルシに触れて、腕がかぶれてしまった。
I touched poison ivy and got a rash on my arm.
新しい化粧品
My face broke out from the new cosmetics.
ichidan verb, intransitive verb
be overly influenced; be swept up by
Used figuratively for being strongly influenced by an ideology, trend, or person, often with a negative or critical connotation. Commonly appears as ～にかぶれる.
彼はすっかり西洋文化にかぶれている。
He is completely infatuated with Western culture.
若い頃は共産主義にかぶれたこともあった。
When I was young, I was once swept up by communism.