とりつくろう

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とりつくろう – see the following entry.

【取り繕う】 [verb] to keep up appearances [verb] to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize [verb] to mend, to repair, to patch up

(This term, とりつくろう (toritsukurō), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.) For a list of all kanji read as とりつくろう, see Category:Japanese kanji read as とりつくろう.)