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取り繕う

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
つくろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From () (tori, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb () (toru, to take).) + (つくろ) (tsukurou, to mend).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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()(つくろ) (toritsukuroutransitive godan (stem ()(つくろ) (toritsukuroi), past ()(つくろ)った (toritsukurotta))

  1. to keep up appearances
    人前(ひとまえ)()(つくろ)
    hitomae o toritsukurou
    to keep up appearances in front of the public
  2. to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize
  3. to mend, to repair, to patch up
    障子(しょうじ)(やぶ)()(つくろ)
    shōji no yabure o toritsukurou
    to repair the tear in the shoji

Conjugation

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN