表層形
取繕わ
トリツクロワ
動詞
取繕わ (トリツクロワ)
Toritsukurowa · とりつくろわ — to keep up (appearances), to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to patch (things) up, to palliate; to mend, to repair, to patch up
Other ways to say “to keep up” in Japanese →
取繕わ in rōmaji: toritsukurowa.
動詞
一般
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📝 取り繕う 🔤 五段-ワア行 📐 未然形-一般
Updated: 2026年8月15日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
取繕わ
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
取り繕う
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| 読み (Reading) |
トリツクロワ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
動詞・一般・*・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
五段-ワア行
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
未然形-一般
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
取繕わ
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| 読み・基本形 |
トリツクロウ
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| 表記・基本形 |
取繕う
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| 見出し語の読み |
トリツクロウ
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💡 English Meaning
取繕わ means “to keep up (appearances), to put up (a good front); to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to patch (things) up, to palliate; to mend, to repair, to patch up” — full definition & examples →
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Reading & Info
トリツクロワ
Lemma: 取り繕う
動詞一般**
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⚡ 五段 (Godan/U-verb) Conjugations
| ます形 (Polite) |
取り繕います
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| て形 (Te-form) |
取り繕って
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| 過去形 (Past) |
取り繕った
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| 否定形 (Negative) |
取り繕わない
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| 意向形 (Volitional) |
取り繕いましょう
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| 可能形 (Potential) |
取り繕える
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| 受身形 (Passive) |
取り繕われる
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| 使役形 (Causative) |
取り繕わせる
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The surface form (取繕わ) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (取り繕う) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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