かぶさる

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

cover; hang over; overlap

Describes something physically covering or lying on top of something else, often with a sense of weight or pressure.

• 雲くもが山やまの上うえにかぶさっている。

  Clouds are hanging over the mountain.

• 本ほんの上うえに新しん聞ぶんがかぶさっていた。

  A newspaper was lying on top of the book.

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

fall on one's shoulders; become a burden; become one's responsibility

Figurative use: a duty, blame, or burden falls on someone, often implying it is unwelcome or heavy.

• 責せき任にんが全ぜん部ぶ彼かれにかぶさってきた。

  All the responsibility fell on his shoulders.

• 借しゃっ金きんが重おもくかぶさっている。

  Debt is weighing heavily on me.