<entry id="1981268" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>1848540</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>言い繕う</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>言いつくろう</keb>
</k_ele>
<k_ele>
<keb>言繕う</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>いいつくろう</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&v5u;</pos>
<pos>&vt;</pos>
<gloss>to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.)</gloss>
<gloss>to make excuses for</gloss>
<gloss>to gloss over</gloss>
<gloss>to talk one's way out of</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2018-06-03 10:58:07" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_uid>robin1354</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Robin Scott</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
<upd_refs>gg5
G n-grams:
言い繕う	1674
言いつくろう	868
言繕う	No matches</upd_refs>
<upd_diff>@@ -5,0 +6,3 @@
+&lt;/k_ele&gt;
+&lt;k_ele&gt;
+&lt;keb&gt;言いつくろう&lt;/keb&gt;
@@ -15,0 +19,2 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.)&lt;/gloss&gt;
+&lt;gloss&gt;to make excuses for&lt;/gloss&gt;
@@ -16,0 +22 @@
+&lt;gloss&gt;to talk one's way out of&lt;/gloss&gt;</upd_diff>
</audit>
<audit time="2018-06-05 05:18:38" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>