取り繕う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
取 繕
と
Grade: 3 		つくろ
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

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”).

Pronunciation

Verb

取(と)り繕(つくろ)う • (toritsukurou) transitive godan (stem 取(と)り繕(つくろ)い (toritsukuroi), past 取(と)り繕(つくろ)った (toritsukurotta))

  1. to keep up appearances
    人前(ひとまえ)を取(と)り繕(つくろ)う
    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)の破(やぶ)れを取(と)り繕(つくろ)う
    shōji no yabure o toritsukurou
    to repair the tear in the shoji

Conjugation

Conjugation of "取り繕う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
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

  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
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