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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

やりくりする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	やりくりする	やりくりしない
Polite	やりくりします	やりくりしません
Past polite	やりくりしました	やりくりしませんでした
Past	やりくりした	やりくりしなかった
Te-form	やりくりして	やりくりしないで
Desire	やりくりしたい	やりくりしたくない
Potential	やりくりできる	やりくりできない
Passive	やりくりされる	やりくりされない
Causative	やりくりさせる	やりくりさせない
Causative passive	やりくりさせられる	やりくりさせられない
Volitional	やりくりしよう
Polite volitional	やりくりしましょう
Imperative	やりくりしろ	やりくりするな
Conditional	やりくりすれば	やりくりしなければ
Tara conditional	やりくりしたら	やりくりしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

making do; getting by; managing

usually written using kana alone

Refers to managing with limited resources, time, or money; often implies creative budgeting or scheduling.

少すくないお小こ遣づかいでやりくりするのは大たい変へんだ。
It's tough to make do with a small allowance.
彼かの女じょは家か計けいのやりくりが上手じょうずだ。
She is good at managing the household budget.

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Usage patterns

〈物もの〉をやりくりするto juggle/manage something (money, time, etc.)
限かぎられた収しゅう入にゅうで家か計けいをやりくりしている。
I'm managing the household budget on a limited income.
〈物もの〉でやりくりするto make do with a limited amount of something
少すくない予よ算さんでやりくりするのは大たい変へんだ。
It's tough to make do with such a small budget.
やりくりがつくto manage to make ends meet
何なんとかやりくりがついて、今こん月げつも乗のり切きれそうだ。
I somehow managed to make ends meet, so I should get through this month.

Kanji

繰winding, reel, spin
遣dispatch, despatch, send

Related words

工く面めん
工面 usually means scraping together money for a specific need, while やりくり covers ongoing juggling of money, time, or other resources.
節せつ約やくN3
節約 means cutting back or economizing, whereas やりくり is about creatively rearranging limited resources to make things work.
算さん段だん
算段 stresses devising a plan or trick to obtain something (often money), while やりくり emphasizes the ongoing balancing act itself.
融ゆう通ずうN1
融通 refers to flexibly lending or adjusting funds between sources, while やりくり refers more broadly to managing what one already has.
捻ねん出しゅつ
やりくり describes juggling limited resources (esp. household finances) day to day, whereas 捻出 refers to the specific act of producing a needed sum or amount of time.

Written forms

やりくりUsage84%
Kana spelling is standard; usually written in kana.
やり繰くりUsage7%
Kanji spelling with 繰り; less common but still seen.
ヤリクリUsage6%
遣やり繰くりUsage2%
Rare kanji spelling using 遣り; mostly search-only.

Etymology

Compound of やり (continuative form of やる 'to do') and 繰り (continuative form of 繰る 'to manage, to spin'), literally 'doing and managing'. The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since the Edo period to mean making do with limited means.