"カバー" meaning in Japanese

See カバー in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ka̠ba̠ː] Forms: kabā [romanization]
Etymology: From English cover. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|cover}} English cover Head templates: {{ja-noun}} カバー • (kabā)
  1. material to cover with (such as a cosy)
    Sense id: en-カバー-ja-noun-ijfulQUV
  2. (music) cover song
    Sense id: en-カバー-ja-noun-ThnLQqwg Categories (other): Music, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese katakana, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Music Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 2 68 24 5 Disambiguation of Japanese katakana: 14 51 24 12 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 4 55 30 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 60 23 12 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 4 63 24 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 4 63 24 9 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 10 28 32 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 2 71 23 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 72 23 3 Disambiguation of Music: 0 57 43 0 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ブックカバー (bukku kabā) (english: book covering paper to hide what book a book owner is reading, especially in a public place such as train), ベッドカバー (beddo kabā) (english: bedspread), 便座カバー (benza kabā) (ruby: 便(べん), ()) (english: toilet cosy), 枕カバー (makura kabā) (ruby: (まくら)) (english: pillow case)

Verb

IPA: [ka̠ba̠ː] Forms: カバーする [canonical], kabā suru [romanization], カバーし [stem], カバーした [past]
Etymology: From English cover. Etymology templates: {{bor|ja|en|cover}} English cover Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru}} カバーする • (kabā suru) suru (stem カバーし (kabā shi), past カバーした (kabā shita))
  1. (music) to cover
    Sense id: en-カバー-ja-verb-HmfwMVjo Categories (other): Music, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 10 28 32 30 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  2. to cover for; to make up for (a deficiency)
    Sense id: en-カバー-ja-verb-Dz3W4YWz Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 10 28 32 30

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for カバー meaning in Japanese (4.8kB)

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