取り繕う
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Japanese
[edit]Kanji in this term | |
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取 | 繕 |
と Grade: 3 |
つくろ Grade: S |
kun'yomi |
Alternative forms
[edit]- 取繕う (toritsukurou)
Etymology
[edit]From 取り (tori, “連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取る (toru, “to take”).”) + 繕う (tsukurou, “to mend”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Tokyo) とりつくろう [tòríts
úkúróꜜù] (Nakadaka – [5])[1][2] - (Tokyo) とりつくろう [tòríts
úkúróú] (Heiban – [0])[1][2] - IPA(key): [to̞ɾʲit͡sɨ̥kɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟]
Verb
[edit]取り繕う • (toritsukurou) transitive godan (stem 取り繕い (toritsukuroi), past 取り繕った (toritsukurotta))
- to keep up appearances
- 人前を取り繕う
- hitomae o toritsukurou
- to keep up appearances in front of the public
- 人前を取り繕う
- to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize
- to mend, to repair, to patch up
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of "取り繕う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
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Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 取り繕わ | とりつくろわ | toritsukurowa |
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 取り繕い | とりつくろい | toritsukuroi |
Shūshikei ("terminal") | 取り繕う | とりつくろう | toritsukurou |
Rentaikei ("attributive") | 取り繕う | とりつくろう | toritsukurou |
Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 取り繕え | とりつくろえ | toritsukuroe |
Meireikei ("imperative") | 取り繕え | とりつくろえ | toritsukuroe |
Key constructions | |||
Passive | 取り繕われる | とりつくろわれる | toritsukurowareru |
Causative | 取り繕わせる 取り繕わす |
とりつくろわせる とりつくろわす |
toritsukurowaseru toritsukurowasu |
Potential | 取り繕える | とりつくろえる | toritsukuroeru |
Volitional | 取り繕おう | とりつくろおう | toritsukuroō |
Negative | 取り繕わない | とりつくろわない | toritsukurowanai |
Negative continuative | 取り繕わず | とりつくろわず | toritsukurowazu |
Formal | 取り繕います | とりつくろいます | toritsukuroimasu |
Perfective | 取り繕った | とりつくろった | toritsukurotta |
Conjunctive | 取り繕って | とりつくろって | toritsukurotte |
Hypothetical conditional | 取り繕えば | とりつくろえば | toritsukuroeba |
References
[edit]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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