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とりつくろう
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, う, transitive)
1. to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front)
I put on a smile and spoke.
2. to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to varnish over; to patch (things) up; to palliate
No matter how I try to gloss it over, the fault is mine.
3. to mend; to repair; to patch up
Alt. forms
取とり繕つくろう
92%
とりつくろう
4%
取とりつくろう
2%
取とり繕つくろう
Pitch accent
と
りつくろ
う
と
りつくろう
Conjugations...Used in: 165
Composed of
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to possess (someone; of an evil spirit, idea, etc.)
Composed of
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
Examples (8 in total)
The king put on a composed expression.
I put on a smile and spoke.
There was no point in glossing over it, so I answered honestly.
No matter how I try to gloss it over, the fault is mine.
But trying to smooth things over now would only make people more suspicious of me.
I noticed my mistake and hurriedly tried to cover it up.
Everyone puts up a front in public, don't they? It's no big deal.
Right now, it is more important to enhance facilities and equipment than to put on a good appearance.