"取り繕う" meaning in All languages combined

See 取り繕う on Wiktionary

Verb [Japanese]

IPA: [to̞ɾʲit͡sɨ̥kɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟]
Etymology: From 取(と)り (tori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take”).”) + 繕(つくろ)う (tsukurou, “to mend”). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|取る|とる|to take|pos=}} 取(と)る (toru, “to take”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|取る|とる|to take}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take”)., {{ja-compound|取り|とり|繕う|つくろ.う|t1=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (<span class="mention-tr tr">toru</span>, “to take”).|t2=to mend}} 取(と)り (tori, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 取(と)る (toru, “to take”).”) + 繕(つくろ)う (tsukurou, “to mend”) Head templates: {{ja-verb|とりつくろう|hist=とりつくろふ|tr=trans|type=1}} 取(と)り繕(つくろ)う • (toritsukurou) ^(←とりつくろふ (toritukurofu)?)transitive godan (stem 取(と)り繕(つくろ)い (toritsukuroi), past 取(と)り繕(つくろ)った (toritsukurotta)) Forms: 取り繕う [canonical] (ruby: (), (つくろ)), toritsukurou [romanization], toritukurofu [romanization], 取り繕い [stem] (ruby: (), (つくろ)), 取り繕った [past] (ruby: (), (つくろ)), no-table-tags [table-tags], 取り繕わ [error-unrecognized-form], とりつくろわ [error-unrecognized-form], toritsukurowa [error-unrecognized-form], 取り繕い [error-unrecognized-form], とりつくろい [error-unrecognized-form], toritsukuroi [error-unrecognized-form], 取り繕う [error-unrecognized-form], とりつくろう [error-unrecognized-form], toritsukurou [error-unrecognized-form], 取り繕え [error-unrecognized-form], とりつくろえ [error-unrecognized-form], toritsukuroe [error-unrecognized-form], 取り繕われる [passive], とりつくろわれる [passive], toritsukurowareru [passive], 取り繕わせる [causative], 取り繕わす [causative], とりつくろわせる [causative], とりつくろわす [causative], toritsukurowaseru [causative], toritsukurowasu [causative], 取り繕える [potential], とりつくろえる [potential], toritsukuroeru [potential], 取り繕おう [volitional], とりつくろおう [volitional], toritsukuroō [volitional], 取り繕わない [negative], とりつくろわない [negative], toritsukurowanai [negative], 取り繕わず [continuative, negative], とりつくろわず [continuative, negative], toritsukurowazu [continuative, negative], 取り繕います [formal], とりつくろいます [formal], toritsukuroimasu [formal], 取り繕った [perfective], とりつくろった [perfective], toritsukurotta [perfective], 取り繕って [conjunctive], とりつくろって [conjunctive], toritsukurotte [conjunctive], 取り繕えば [conditional, hypothetical], とりつくろえば [conditional, hypothetical], toritsukuroeba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to keep up appearances
    Sense id: en-取り繕う-ja-verb-Cio1fPpL Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese godan verbs ending with -u, Japanese links with manual fragments, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 90 5 5 Disambiguation of Japanese godan verbs ending with -u: 71 16 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with manual fragments: 78 12 10 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 85 7 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 86 7 7 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 64 19 17 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 87 7 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 87 7 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 5 5
  2. to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize
    Sense id: en-取り繕う-ja-verb-80OZKro1
  3. to mend, to repair, to patch up
    Sense id: en-取り繕う-ja-verb-A38F1Och
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: 取繕う (toritsukurou) (ruby: 取繕(とりつくろ))

Alternative forms

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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕った",
      "roman": "toritsukurotta",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "取",
          "と"
        ],
        [
          "繕",
          "つくろ"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-go-u",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕わ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろわ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurowa",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕い",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろい",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukuroi",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕う",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurou",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕え",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろえ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukuroe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕われる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろわれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurowareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕わせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕わす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろわせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろわす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurowaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurowasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕える",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろえる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukuroeru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕おう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろおう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukuroō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕わない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろわない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurowanai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕わず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろわず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurowazu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕います",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろいます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukuroimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕った",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろった",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurotta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕って",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろって",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukurotte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "取り繕えば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "とりつくろえば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toritsukuroeba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "とりつくろう",
        "hist": "とりつくろふ",
        "tr": "trans",
        "type": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "取(と)り繕(つくろ)う • (toritsukurou) ^(←とりつくろふ (toritukurofu)?)transitive godan (stem 取(と)り繕(つくろ)い (toritsukuroi), past 取(と)り繕(つくろ)った (toritsukurotta))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to keep up appearances in front of the public",
          "roman": "hitomae o toritsukurou",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "人前",
              "ひとまえ"
            ],
            [
              "取",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "繕",
              "つくろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "人前を取り繕う",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to keep up appearances"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "keep up appearances",
          "keep up appearances"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to repair the tear in the shoji",
          "roman": "shōji no yabure o toritsukurou",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "障子",
              "しょうじ"
            ],
            [
              "破",
              "やぶ"
            ],
            [
              "取",
              "と"
            ],
            [
              "繕",
              "つくろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "障子の破れを取り繕う",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to mend, to repair, to patch up"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mend",
          "mend"
        ],
        [
          "repair",
          "repair"
        ],
        [
          "patch up",
          "patch up"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "とりつくろう"
    },
    {
      "other": "とりつくろう"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[to̞ɾʲit͡sɨ̥kɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "toritsukurou",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "取繕",
          "とりつくろ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "取繕う"
    }
  ],
  "word": "取り繕う"
}

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