Illustration: On a narrow residential street after rain, a small delivery van passes through a deep roadside puddle. The resulting sheet of muddy water strikes a pedestrian standing well back on the pavement.

JLPT N1verbLevel estimated by Bebop

被こうむる

koumuru

to suffer, to receive

In this sense it is read こうむる; 被る is also read かぶる with a different meaning. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

彼かれは仕事しごとで蒙こうむった莫大ばくだいな損失そんしつから立たち直なおれないだろう。
He will never get over his huge business losses.
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二酸化炭素にさんかたんそによって危害きがいを被こうむることがある。
Carbon dioxide sometimes harms people.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
この地方ちほうは新あたらしい産業さんぎょうの恩恵おんけいを被こうむることになるだろう。
The community will benefit from the new industry.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 被

被incur; coverOnヒKunこうむる・おおう・かぶる

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