やりくり

• 読み: やりくり
• ローマ字: yarikuri
• 漢字の分解: 遣り (yari) — doing, managing; 繰り (kuri) — winding, pulling through
• 発音: /ja.ɾi.kɯ.ɾi/

意味

Managing; making do; budgeting; juggling limited resources to make things work out.

A noun (also する verb) describing the resourceful management of limited money, time, or resources to meet one's needs. It implies effort and ingenuity in the face of constraint. やりくりが上手い means skilled at making ends meet. Common in discussions of household budgeting, scheduling, and logistics. Typically written in hiragana rather than in the kanji 遣り繰り.

例文

1. 毎月のやりくりが大変で、外食を控えるようにしている。
2. 限られた予算をやりくりしながら、なんとか旅行費用を捻出した。
3. 子育てと仕事のやりくりに追われて、休む暇もない毎日だ。

使い方ガイド

場面: household, budgeting, time management, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From 遣る (yaru, to do/manage) and 繰る (kuru, to wind/pull through repeatedly). The combination evokes the idea of continuously working through limited means to keep things moving.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Universal