繕う
つくろう · tsukurou (also spelled tsukuro)
To mend, to patch up, to repair, to fix, to darn
- to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.), to adjust, to tidy up, to groom
- to keep up appearances, to cover up (e.g. a mistake), to gloss over
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Conjugation
| Polite (ます形) | 繕いますつくろいます |
| Polite negative (ません) | 繕いませんつくろいません |
| Polite past (ました) | 繕いましたつくろいました |
| Polite past negative (ませんでした) | 繕いませんでしたつくろいませんでした |
| Let us ~ (ましょう) | 繕いましょうつくろいましょう |
| Masu-stem (連用形) | 繕いつくろい |
| Want to ~ (たい形) | 繕いたいつくろいたい |
| While ~ing (ながら) | 繕いながらつくろいながら |
| Te-form (て形) | 繕ってつくろって |
| Plain past (た形) | 繕ったつくろった |
| Tara-conditional (たら形) | 繕ったらつくろったら |
| Progressive (ている形) | 繕っているつくろっている |
| Plain negative (ない形) | 繕わないつくろわない |
| Plain past negative (なかった形) | 繕わなかったつくろわなかった |
| Negative te-form (なくて) | 繕わなくてつくろわなくて |
| Potential (可能形) | 繕えるつくろえる |
| Ba-conditional (条件形) | 繕えばつくろえば |
| Imperative (命令形) | 繕えつくろえ |
| Volitional (意向形) | 繕おうつくろおう |
| Passive (受身形) | 繕われるつくろわれる |
| Causative (使役形) | 繕わせるつくろわせる |
| Causative-passive (使役受身形) | 繕わされるつくろわされる |
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What does 繕う mean?
To mend, to patch up, to repair, to fix, to darn. It can also mean: to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.), to adjust, to tidy up, to groom; to keep up appearances, to cover up (e.g. a mistake), to gloss over.
How do you pronounce 繕う?
つくろう (tsukurou). Pitch accent: nakadaka — falls after mora 3. Press Listen above to hear it.
What JLPT level is 繕う?
JLPT N1 — advanced. See the JLPT N1 guide.
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