繕う

つくろう

to mend

N1 #14,390

Meanings

  1. godan verb, transitive 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. archaic to treat (illness, injury, etc.)

Its kanji

In sentences

彼女かのじょはなんとか体裁ていさいを繕つくろった。 She managed to keep up appearances. #2352798

私わたしはこのドレスを絹糸きぬいとで繕つくろった。 I sewed the dress with silk thread. #160995