修理 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fix verb To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
- mend verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
- repair verb To fix something that is broken or damaged.
- reparation noun Payment or other compensation made to people who have been wronged, especially by a state to a group it has harmed. Usually plural: reparations.
Senses
修理 is used for these senses in English:
- fix (intransitive) To become firm, so as to resist volatilization; to cease to flow or be fluid; to congeal; to become hard and malleable, as a metallic substance.
- mend (archaic) To increase the quality of (someone or something); to better, to improve on; also, to produce something better than (something else).
- repair The act of repairing something.
- repair To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
- reparation (archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired.
fix — full definition
- verb To repair something that is broken or not working properly.
- verb To attach or secure something firmly in place.
- verb To prepare food or drink.
- verb To dishonestly arrange the outcome of a contest or event in advance.
- noun A solution to a problem.
mend — full definition
- verb To repair something that is broken, torn, or damaged.
- verb To put right a fault, error, or bad situation; to improve or correct it.
- verb Of an illness, injury, or person: to heal or get better.
- noun A repair, or the place where something has been repaired.
- noun Used in the phrase "on the mend": recovering, getting better after illness.