覆う

• 読み: おおう
• ローマ字: oou
• 漢字の分解: 覆 (oo/fuku) — cover, overturn
• 発音: /o.oː/

意味

To cover; to hide; to conceal. Placing something over to protect or hide what is underneath.

A Group 1 (godan) verb conjugated as 覆わ/覆い/覆う/覆え/覆おう. Used for physically covering objects (with cloth, snow, etc.) and figuratively for concealing information. 覆い (ooi) is the noun form meaning 'covering.' Often appears in literary and news contexts. を覆う marks what is being covered, で覆う marks what is used to cover.

例文

1. 雪が山全体を覆っていた。
2. 彼女は顔を両手で覆った。
3. 雲が空を覆って暗くなった。

使い方ガイド

場面: nature, description, literature

トーン: descriptive

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 覆 combines 覀 (a cover) and 復 (to return/repeat), suggesting repeatedly placing a covering over something for protection.

文化的背景

時代: Classical

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal