Illustration: At a neighborhood community kitchen, volunteers finish packing away a small vegetable stall beside the entrance. An open cash tin holds the day's takings, with a few potatoes remaining in the stall baskets.

まかなう

makanau

to cover costs, to provide for

Example sentences

彼かれのプロジェクトは助成金じょせいきんでまかなわれていた。
His project was funded by grants.
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父親ちちおやは家族かぞくの生活せいかつをまかなう。
A father provides for his family.
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この品物しなものの値段ねだんでは製造費せいぞうひをまかなえない。
The price of this article does not cover the cost of its manufacture.
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