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捻出

ねんしゅつ

N1to scrape together · to squeeze out

Examples

旅費を捻出するため毎月少しずつ貯金した。

忙しい日程から練習時間を何とか捻出した。

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Study notes

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

  • Structure: Written 捻出 and read ねんしゅつ, it means managing to produce scarce money or time through effort and ingenuity.
  • Basic usage: It applies to saving up travel funds and carving practice time out of a packed schedule.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

  • Not effortless allocation
    • It implies scraping together what is needed under tight constraints, rather than assigning resources already available in abundance.

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