to keep up appearances / to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize / to mend, to repair, to patch up
取り繕う
取り繕う
to keep up appearances
to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize
to mend, to repair, to patch up
( canonical )
( romanization )
( stem )
( past )
( table-tags )
( inflection-template )
( imperfective stem )
( imperfective stem )
( imperfective )
( continuative stem )
( continuative stem )
( continuative )
( stem terminative )
( stem terminative )
( terminative )
( attributive stem )
( attributive stem )
( attributive )
( hypothetical stem )
( hypothetical stem )
( hypothetical )
( imperative stem )
( imperative stem )
( imperative )
( passive )
( passive )
( passive )
( causative )
( causative )
( causative )
( causative )
( causative )
( causative )
( potential )
( potential )
( potential )
( volitional )
( volitional )
( volitional )
( negative )
( negative )
( negative )
( continuative negative )
( continuative negative )
( continuative negative )
( formal )
( formal )
( formal )
( perfective )
( perfective )
( perfective )
( conjunctive )
( conjunctive )
( conjunctive )
( conditional hypothetical )
( conditional hypothetical )
( conditional hypothetical )