取り繕う

Japanese

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

Alternative forms

取繕(とりつくろ)う (toritsukurou)

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

(Tokyo) とりつくろう [tòrítsúkúróꜜù] (Nakadaka – [5])^[1]^[2]
(Tokyo) とりつくろう [tòrítsúkúróú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [to̞ɾʲit͡sɨ̥kɯ̟ɾo̞ɯ̟]

Verb

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))

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
to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize
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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^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

[DJR-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-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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