noun, takes する, transitive verb

  1. patching up (e.g. a failure), covering up (e.g. a mistake), glossing over.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
糊塗 こと

Contained Kanji Breakdown

paste, glue, sizing
のり コ コツ (Kentei Pre-1)
rice, USA, metre
ベイ こめ マイ (2nd, N3)
to divide
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
barbarian, foreign
えびす コ ウ (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
old
コ ふる.い ふゆ (2nd, N4)
ten
ジュウ ジッ ジュッ (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
month, moon
つき ゲツ ガツ (1st, N5)
paint, plaster, daub
ぬ.る ト まみ.れる (8th, N2)
surname, name of certain rivers
ト ズ チョ
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
too much, myself, surplus
ヨ あま.る あんま.り (5th, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ あつまる
person
ひと ニン ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
tree (木) variant
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)