Words — 19 found
つくろ
繕う
1. to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn
- はは母
- に
- この
- セーター
- を
- つくろって
- もらった 。
2. to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom
- さる猿
- たち
- は
- たが互いに
- け毛
- つくろ繕い
- し
- あ合っている 。
3. to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake); to gloss over
- せけんてい世間体
- を
- つくろ繕う
- しんぱい心配
- を
- する
- より
- ほか他
- に
- やる
- ことがある 。
4. to treat (illness, injury, etc.)Archaic
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毛づくろい
1. grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming
毛繕い 【けづくろい】
とつくろ
取り繕う
1. to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front)
2. to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to varnish over; to patch (things) up; to palliate
3. to mend; to repair; to patch up
取繕う 【とりつくろう】
1. maintenance and repair; upkeep (of equipment)
1. mending; repair; darning; patching up
しゅうぜんつみたてきん
修繕積立金
1. maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs
みつくろ
見繕う
1. to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
見つくろう 【みつくろう】
いつくろ
言い繕う
1. to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
言いつくろう 【いいつくろう】、言繕う 【いいつくろう】