何とかなる – Vocabulary details

何なんとかなる

Expression

Verb (5-dan, る)

Usually written in kana

1. to be able to manage somehow or other

子こ供ども二ふた人りぐらいならなんとかなる。If it's about two children, we can manage somehow.

what

something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow (handling, dealing with something); anyhow; one way or another

to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed

一いち人にん前まえを少すくなくすれば何なんとかなるんじゃない？

If we make each serving smaller, won't that work out?

数すう年ねんは何なんとかなっても、どんどん土と地ちが痩やせていくのだ。

Even if things can be managed for a few years, the land is becoming increasingly barren.

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