とりつくろふ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of とりつくろふ – see the following entry.
つくろ
[verb] to keep up appearances
[verb] to smooth over (an error, etc.), to gloss over, to varnish over, to palliate, to temporize
[verb] to mend, to repair, to patch up
(This term, とりつくろふ (toritukurofu), is a historical kana spelling of the above term.)