Word Meaning つじつまを合わせる

つじつまをあわせる tsujitsumaoawaseru

つじつまを合わせる is read as つじつまをあわせる (tsujitsumaoawaseru) and means to make one's story to seem coherent.

Meaning

English

to make one's story to seem coherent
to adjust one's story to fit the situation

Reading

Kana

つじつまをあわせる

Romaji

tsujitsumaoawaseru

Writing Variants

辻褄を合わせる つじつまをあわせる tsujitsuma o awaseru

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Proverb ✓ Rank 41106 Priority G

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

合わせる

あわせる

to cause to meet (e.g. an unpleasant fate)

問い合わせる

といあわせる

to enquire

間に合わせる

まにあわせる

to get (something) done in time

見合わせる

みあわせる

to contrast

待ち合わせる

まちあわせる

to rendezvous

組み合わせる

くみあわせる

to match against (e.g. in a sport)

打ち合わせる

うちあわせる

to arrange (e.g. a meeting)

居合わせる

いあわせる

to happen to be present

持ち合わせる

もちあわせる

to happen to have on hand or in stock

乗り合わせる

のりあわせる

to happen to ride together

合わさる

あわさる

to join

取り合わせる

とりあわせる

to put together