JLPT N1 · Verb

繕う (tsukurou)

繕う (つくろう, tsukurou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to mend; to patch up”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: つくろう
Romaji: tsukurou
Word class: Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
Level: JLPT N1 (unofficial)

Meaning

to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn · godan verb, transitive
to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom · godan verb, transitive
to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake); to gloss over · godan verb, transitive
to treat (illness, injury, etc.) · godan verb, transitive · archaic

Example sentences

母にこのセーターをつくろってもらった。

I had my mother mend this sweater.

Tatoeba #83138

猿たちは互いに毛繕いし合っている。

The monkeys are grooming each other.

Tatoeba #188726

世間体を繕う心配をするより他にやることがある。

We have other things to do than worry about keeping up appearances.

Tatoeba #143351

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 繕う

Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

Form	Japanese	Reading
Dictionary	繕う	つくろう tsukurou
Polite (~masu)	繕います	つくろいます tsukuroimasu
Negative	繕わない	つくろわない tsukurowanai
Polite negative	繕いません	つくろいません tsukuroimasen
Past	繕った	つくろった tsukurotta
Polite past	繕いました	つくろいました tsukuroimashita
Negative past	繕わなかった	つくろわなかった tsukurowanakatta
Te-form	繕って	つくろって tsukurotte
Potential	繕える	つくろえる tsukuroeru
Passive	繕われる	つくろわれる tsukurowareru
Causative	繕わせる	つくろわせる tsukurowaseru
Volitional	繕おう	つくろおう tsukuroou
Imperative	繕え	つくろえ tsukuroe
Conditional (~ba)	繕えば	つくろえば tsukuroeba

Kanji in 繕う

繕

darning, repair, mendゼン・つくろ.う · 18 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 繕う.

修繕しゅうぜんrepair

Source: JMdict entry 1396480 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.