繕う

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Japanese

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

Etymology

/tukura pu/ → /t͡sukurəfu/ → /t͡sukurofu/ → /t͡sukurou/

Likely first attested in the Ruiju Myōgishō (c. 12th century).

Derived from 作ら (tsukura), the 未然形 (mizenkei, “incomplete or irrealis form”) of verb 作る (tsukuru, “to make”) + ふ (fu, auxiliary verb representing ongoing or repetitive action). The medial /-ra-/ changed early on to /-ro-/.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「繕う」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		繕う つくろう
Imperative (命令形) 繕え つくろえ
Key constructions
Passive 繕われる つくろわれる
Causative 繕わせる つくろわせる
Potential 繕える つくろえる
Volitional 繕おう つくろおー
Negative 繕わない つくろわない
Negative perfective 繕わなかった つくろわなかった
Formal 繕います つくろいます
Perfective 繕った つくろった
Conjunctive 繕って つくろって
Hypothetical conditional 繕えば つくろえば

Verb

繕(つくろ)う • (tsukurou) ←つくろふ (tukurofu)?transitive godan (stem 繕(つくろ)い (tsukuroi), past 繕(つくろ)った (tsukurotta))

  1. to repair, mend, patch up (something damaged especially clothing, footwear, etc.)
    Synonyms: 修繕する (shūzen suru), 修理する (shūri suru), 補修する (hoshū suru)
  2. to treat (a wound, injury, disease, etc.)
    Synonym: 手当てする (teate suru)
  3. to adjust, fix (hair, clothing, appearance, etc.)
  4. to keep up appearances

Conjugation

Conjugation of "繕う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 繕わ つくろわ tsukurowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 繕い つくろい tsukuroi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 繕う つくろう tsukurou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 繕う つくろう tsukurou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 繕え つくろえ tsukuroe
Meireikei ("imperative") 繕え つくろえ tsukuroe
Key constructions
Passive 繕われる つくろわれる tsukurowareru
Causative 繕わせる
繕わす 		つくろわせる
つくろわす 		tsukurowaseru
tsukurowasu
Potential 繕える つくろえる tsukuroeru
Volitional 繕おう つくろおう tsukuroō
Negative 繕わない つくろわない tsukurowanai
Negative continuative 繕わず つくろわず tsukurowazu
Formal 繕います つくろいます tsukuroimasu
Perfective 繕った つくろった tsukurotta
Conjunctive 繕って つくろって tsukurotte
Hypothetical conditional 繕えば つくろえば tsukuroeba

Derived terms

Idioms

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (1995), 大辞泉 (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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