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| 1. |
[v5u,vt]
▶ to keep up (appearances) ▶ to put up (a good front) |
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| 2. |
[v5u,vt]
▶ to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.) ▶ to gloss over ▶ to varnish over ▶ to patch (things) up ▶ to palliate |
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| 3. |
[v5u,vt]
▶ to mend ▶ to repair ▶ to patch up |
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| 5. | A 2023-01-14 12:31:51 Robin Scott <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | gg5, luminous 取り繕う 35964 86.9% 取繕う 356 0.9% 取りつくろう 1245 3.0% とり繕う 216 0.5% とりつくろう 3602 8.7% |
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| Comments: | I don't think "save face" works. I don't think "cover up" or "conceal" is needed. They're not in the JEs and we have enough glosses on that sense. |
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| Diff: | @@ -9,0 +10,4 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>取りつくろう</keb> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> +</k_ele> @@ -17,2 +21 @@ -<gloss>to save (face)</gloss> -<gloss>to put up (a front)</gloss> +<gloss>to put up (a good front)</gloss> @@ -23 +26 @@ -<gloss>to smooth over (an error, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.)</gloss> @@ -26,2 +29 @@ -<gloss>to cover up</gloss> -<gloss>to conceal</gloss> +<gloss>to patch (things) up</gloss> @@ -29,2 +30,0 @@ -<gloss>to temporize</gloss> -<gloss>to temporise</gloss> |
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| 4. | A* 2023-01-13 06:42:14 Kyle Ong <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/取繕う/#jn-161246 |
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| Comments: | added definition |
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| Diff: | @@ -16,0 +17,2 @@ +<gloss>to save (face)</gloss> +<gloss>to put up (a front)</gloss> @@ -23,0 +26,2 @@ +<gloss>to cover up</gloss> +<gloss>to conceal</gloss> |
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| 3. | A 2012-02-13 00:33:21 Jim Breen <...address hidden...> | |
| Comments: | 3 senses work for me. |
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| 2. | A* 2012-02-12 03:35:31 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...> | |
| Refs: | koj, daij, gg5, prog, nc, meikyo |
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| Comments: | a tough call. meikyo and daijs have three senses. i think there is a slight distinction between "keeping up appearances" and "glossing over a mistake", but senses 1 and 2 could be merged as in koj/gg5 |
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| Diff: | @@ -16,5 +16,1 @@ -<gloss>to temporize</gloss> -<gloss>to temporise</gloss> -<gloss>to smooth over</gloss> -<gloss>to keep up appearances</gloss> -<gloss>to gloss over</gloss> +<gloss>to keep up (appearances)</gloss> @@ -25,0 +21,12 @@ +<gloss>to smooth over (an error, etc.)</gloss> +<gloss>to gloss over</gloss> +<gloss>to varnish over</gloss> +<gloss>to palliate</gloss> +<gloss>to temporize</gloss> +<gloss>to temporise</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5u;</pos> +<pos>&vt;</pos> +<gloss>to mend</gloss> +<gloss>to repair</gloss> |
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| 1. | A* 2012-02-12 01:48:16 Paul Upchurch | |
| Refs: | daijr, daijs, Luminous, 研究社 新和英中辞典 |
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| Comments: | 研究社 新和英中辞典 divides this into 2 senses, daijs into 3, and daijr into 4. |
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| Diff: | @@ -19,0 +19,7 @@ +<gloss>to keep up appearances</gloss> +<gloss>to gloss over</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&v5u;</pos> +<pos>&vt;</pos> +<gloss>to patch up</gloss> |
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