立ち行く

たちいく
to maintain itself
to last
to make itself pay

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たちゆく【立ち行く】

¶不景気で商売が立ち行かない

We cannot manage ［carry on］ our business because of the recession.

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たちゆく【立ち行く】

1 〔店などが成り立っていく〕 can be kept going [up]; can maintain itself; 〔暮らしが〕 can get along; can make a living; can make (both) ends meet.

●不景気で会社が立ち行かなくなってきた. Because of the recession the company is no longer a going concern.

・生徒数が減って学校が立ち行かなくなりそうだ. With the fall in the number of pupils it looks as if we won't be able to keep the school going.

・米作りでは生活が立ち行かなくなった. We can no longer make ends meet by growing rice.

2 〔時が過ぎていく〕 go by; pass; lapse.