Entry
  1. Godan verb with 'u' ending, Transitive verb

    to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front)

    取り繕うように、笑ってみせる。
    She smiled to smooth things over.
  2. to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to varnish over; to patch (things) up; to palliate

  3. to mend; to repair; to patch up

Also written 取繕う【とりつくろう】

Pitch on OJAD

Characters in this word

2
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

take, fetch, take up

Kun
と.ると.りと.り-とり-ど.り
On
シュ
Strokes
8
Taught
Grade 3
JLPT
N3
Frequency
122 of 2500
Radical
again
WaniKani
Level 16

Built from

Used in names as

どる

Dictionary and index codes (33)
CodeReference
1-6-2SKIP code
6e2.2The Kanji Dictionary
1714.0Four corner code
3267deroo
53d6Unicode hex code
1-28-72JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3699Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
679New Nelson (John Haig)
1262New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1613Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
847Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1162Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
819Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
882Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
190A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
650Japanese Names (P.G. O’Neill)
108Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
3158Morohashi
301A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
65Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
65Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
238sakade
393Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
317henshall3
303Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
194crowley
270Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
269Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
827Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
qu3Pinyin reading
chwiKorean reading
n3JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)
16WaniKani level
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0

darning, repair, mend, trim, tidy up, adjust

Kun
つくろ.う
On
ゼン
Strokes
18
Taught
Junior high
JLPT
N1
Frequency
2195 of 2500
Radical
silk

Built from

Dictionary and index codes (28)
CodeReference
1-6-12SKIP code
6a12.2The Kanji Dictionary
2896.1Four corner code
2777deroo
7e55Unicode hex code
1-33-22JIS X 0208-1997 kuten code
3612Classic Nelson (Andrew Nelson)
4594New Nelson (John Haig)
1423New Japanese-English Character Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1802Kodansha Kanji Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
959Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary (Jack Halpern)
1296Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary, 2nd Edition (Jack Halpern)
1335Remembering The Kanji (James Heisig)
1433Remembering The Kanji, 6th edition (James Heisig)
1977A New Dictionary of Kanji Usage
1550Essential Kanji (P.G. O’Neill)
27893Morohashi
1504A Guide To Remembering Japanese Characters (Kenneth G. Henshall)
1140Kanji and Kana (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1192Kanji and Kana, 2nd Edition (Spahn and Hadamitzky)
1650Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki)
1902Tuttle Kanji Cards (Alexander Kask)
1572Kanji in Context (Nishiguchi and Kono)
1562Kodansha Compact Kanji Guide
1347Les Kanjis dans la tête (Yves Maniette)
shan4Pinyin reading
seonKorean reading
n1JLPT level (KANJIDIC2)