繕う (つくろう): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

繕う (つくろう) means to mend / to repair / to tidy up.

See example sentences below.

繕う at a glance

繕う

つくろうtsukurou

N1verb

to mend / to repair / to tidy up

繕うつくろうtsukurouN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning

to mend / to repair / to tidy up

Example 1

服の穴を繕う。

Translation

I mend a hole in the clothes.

Example 2

文章の誤字を繕った。

Translation

I corrected the spelling mistake in the text.