繕 - darning, repair, mend

repair; mending

maintenance and repair; upkeep (of equipment)

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

Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

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

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

to put up a good front

dressing oneself; personal grooming

preening

in the process of being repaired; during repairs

springtime repairing of fences after winter damage

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