繕い

つくろい

mending, repair, darning, patching up

身繕い

みづくろい

dressing oneself, personal grooming

金繕い

きんつくろい きんづくろい

repairing pottery with a lacquer mixed with gold, silver, etc.

言い繕う

いいつくろう

to gloss over

繕草

つくろいぐさ

Japanese mugwort

繕う

つくろう

to mend, to patch up, to repair, to fix, to darn, to trim

修繕

しゅうぜん

repair, mending

営繕

えいぜん

upkeep (of equip.)

羽交い

はがい はねかい

wings, pinion

羽

わ ば ぱ はね う

fifth degree (of the Japanese & Chinese pentatonic scale)

絵羽羽織

えばばおり えばはおり

figured haori (coat)

繕い立てる

つくろいたてる

to put up a good front

追い羽根

おいばね

battledore and shuttlecock game (played at the beginning of the year)

赤い羽根

あかいはね

red feather

修繕工

しゅうぜんこう

repair man

修繕中

しゅうぜんちゅう

in the process of being repaired, during repairs

修繕費

しゅうぜんひ

repair expense

見繕う

みつくろう

to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion, to use one's discretion in choosing

垣繕う

かきつくろう

springtime repairing of fences after winter damage