Keyword
darning
- repair
- mend
- trim
- tidy up
- adjust
- Frequency
- #2195
- Strokes
- 18
- Grade
- 8
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 1433
Readings
ゼン67%
つくろ33%
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Composed of
Used in vocabulary
繕う
to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom; to keep up appearances; …
Godan verb
取り繕う
to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to varnish over; to patch (things) up; to palliate; to mend; to repair; to patch up
Godan verb
言い繕う
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
Godan verb