繕

to mend; to patch up; to repair; to fix; to darn

to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to tidy up; to groom

to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake); to gloss over

Archaic

to treat (illness, injury, etc.)

mending; repair; darning; patching up

to put up a good front

Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

to keep up (appearances); to put up (a good front)

to smooth over (a mistake, fault, etc.); to gloss over; to varnish over; to patch (things) up; to palliate

to mend; to repair; to patch up

to choose (something) at one's discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing

repair; mending

to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of

grooming oneself (esp. animals); mutual grooming (e.g. monkeys); social grooming; personal grooming

dressing oneself; personal grooming

cost of repairs; repair costs

in the process of being repaired; during repairs

preening

maintenance and repair; upkeep (of equipment)

maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs

repair man

repair shop

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

Rare term

springtime repairing of fences after winter damage