Word · 単語
繕う
Reading つくろう
to mend
- 1 to mend, to patch up, to repair, to fix, to darn
- 2 to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.), to adjust, to tidy up, to groom
- 3 to keep up appearances, to cover up (e.g. a mistake), to gloss over
- 4 to treat (illness, injury, etc.)
N1
JLPT
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#23930
frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
母にこのセーターをつくろってもらった。
I had my mother mend this sweater.
sense 1 · to mend
猿たちは互いに毛繕いし合っている。
The monkeys are grooming each other.
sense 2 · to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.)
世間体を繕う心配をするより他にやることがある。
We have other things to do than worry about keeping up appearances.
sense 3 · to keep up appearances
彼女はなんとかして世間体をつくろった。
She managed to keep up appearances.
私はこのドレスを絹糸で繕った。
I sewed the dress with silk thread.