Entry
言いつくろう
Source
JMdict 200217
Characters
言
Definition
Word
言い繕う 言いつくろう 言繕う
Reading
いいつくろう
Reference
Translation dut
verbloemen goedpraten vergoelijken verdoezelen wegredeneren met de mantel der liefde bedekken verschonen
Translation hun
elkendőz
Translation eng
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.) to make excuses for to gloss over to talk one's way out of
Translation ger
(eigene Fehler) beschönigen etw. bemänteln
Translation rus
заминать, сглаживать (неловкость и т. п.)
Part of Speech Godan verb with `u' ending
Part of Speech transitive verb
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