繕う

Meaning

1. v5uvt
   to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn
2. v5uvt
   to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom
3. v5uvt
   to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake); to gloss over
4. v5uvt archaic
   to treat (illness, injury, etc.)

Example sentences

• 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.

• 私はこのドレスを絹糸で繕った。

  I sewed the dress with silk thread.

• 私の靴下は繕いが必要だ。

  My socks are in need of mending.