算さん段だん

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

figuring out a way; devising a plan; working out how to do something

Focuses on the mental effort of finding a method or solution, often for a practical problem. Used as a noun or with する.

• 彼かれはどうにかして締しめ切きりに間まに合あわせようと算さん段だんしている。

  He is trying to figure out a way to meet the deadline.

• 資し金きん調ちょう達たつの算さん段だんがついた。

  We have worked out a way to raise the funds.

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

contriving to raise money; managing to get funds

Often used specifically for financial arrangements or scraping together money. The sense of 'managing' implies resourcefulness under constraints.

• 学がく費ひを算さん段だんするためにアルバイトを増ふやした。

  I took on more part-time jobs to contrive the money for tuition.