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繕う つくろう N1

  1. to darn; to fix; to mend; to patch up; to repair
  2. to adjust; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to groom; to tidy up
  3. to cover up (e.g. a mistake); to gloss over; to keep up appearances
  4. to treat (illness, injury, etc.)

取り繕う とりつくろう

  1. to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front)
  2. to gloss over; to palliate; to patch (things) up; to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to varnish over
  3. to mend; to patch up; to repair

見繕う みつくろう

  1. to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

言い繕う いいつくろう

  1. to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to gloss over; to make excuses for; to talk one's way out of

垣繕う かきつくろう

  1. springtime repairing of fences after winter damage
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