補塡

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 補塡(ほてん) is a noun and する verb for making up a shortage of funds or personnel with another resource.
• Basic usage: Covering a funding gap appears in 資金を予備費で補塡する, while filling a staffing gap appears in 人員を臨時職員で補塡する.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Adding and making up a shortage
  • It focuses on filling an identified shortfall with another resource rather than merely increasing an amount.
• Shortfall and means
  • Mark what is made up with を; the forms 予備費で and 臨時職員で mark the resource used with で.