Scraping Together
Scrounging Up, Coming Up With
noun, verbal noun
Twist your wallet till money exits. This is the best way of scraping together cash when you're low on funds.
捻出 describes the act of working hard to scrape something together, whether you're scrounging up money or free time in a tight situation, or coming up with an idea by really racking your brain. Imagine twisting an almost-empty tube of toothpaste to get that last little bit, and that's what 捻出 feels like.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji, you'll know how to read this as well.
費用の捻出
managing to cover the expenses
資金の捻出
scraping together funds
時間の捻出
making time
捻出に苦労する
to struggle to scrape together
捻出に成功する
to succeed in scraping together
捻出に困る
to have trouble scraping together
捻出が困難
difficult to come up with
捻出が可能
possible to scrounge up
捻出が必要
necessary to come up with
大学に行くためのお金を捻出するためにアルバイトを頑張ってます。
I'm working hard at my part-time job to scrape together money for college.
時間がない中で、新しいアイディアを五つも捻出したんですよ！
Even though I had no time, I still managed to come up with five new ideas!
ただでさえ生活が苦しいのに、日本に旅行に行く費用を捻出するのは難しいよ。
I'm having a tough time making ends meet as it is, so scrounging up the money to travel to Japan is difficult.