数かず合あわせ

noun

making the numbers balance; number-juggling; padding the numbers

Often implies adjusting or manipulating figures to meet a target, or including extra people/items just to reach a required count. Can be used in contexts like vote-gathering, budgeting, or team formation.

• 予よ算さんの数かず合あわせに苦く労ろうした。

  We struggled to make the budget numbers balance.

• 彼かれはただの数かず合あわせでチームに入いれられた。

  He was put on the team just to make up the numbers.