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仕立てる

したてる

to tailor; to make up (clothes); to get ready; to train up; to make someone out to be

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Examples

  1. 生地を預ければドレスを仕立ててくれますか。

    きじをあずければドレスをしたててくれますか。

    Will you make me a dress if I bring you the material?

  2. この布で背広を仕立てるつもりです。

    このぬのでせびろをしたてるつもりです。

    I intend to have a suit made from this cloth.

  3. 団体客のためにバスを一台仕立てた。

    だんたいきゃくのためにバスをいちだいしたてた。

    They laid on a bus for the tour group.

  4. 彼を犯人に仕立てるような報道は許されない。

    かれをはんにんにしたてるようなほうどうはゆるされない。

    Reporting that makes him out to be the culprit is unacceptable.

Common patterns

服を仕立てる
to have clothes tailored
犯人に仕立てる
to frame someone as the culprit
仕立て屋
tailor

Memory tip

Core sense is tailoring, and the other senses radiate from it: arranging a vehicle, bringing up a pupil, and — with a person plus に — dressing someone up as something they are not, which is how you say 'to frame'.

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