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What does カバー (kabaa) mean?

カバー means cover; to cover; to make up for, to compensate.

Quick facts
Readingカバー
Romajikabaa
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
カバー
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonkabaa

cover; to cover; to make up for, to compensate

  1. 1noun cover; covering; dust jacket
  2. 2noun · suru verb · transitive covering (a song); cover; cover version
  3. 3noun · suru verb · transitive coverage
  4. 4suru verb · transitive to cover (a loss); to offset; to compensate for (e.g. a weakness)

Example sentences

  • I covered for his mistake.

  • I put a new cover on the book.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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