What's the meaning of やっていける or いける?


The sentence in question: しかし、子育てに親が専念できる環境になってきたので、親がおんぶをしなくてもだっこだけでもやっていける。

For full context:
<https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/web_tokushu/2018_0521.html?utm_int=news_contents_tokushu_004>

my attempt at translation: "However, because the circumstance has developed
that towards child-raising, the adult can undivided attention, it is okay for
the adult to not do the piggyback and do only with the babysling."

I used the meaning of the second entry here <https://jisho.org/search/ikeru>
because it kind of worked, but in the end I was just guessing because I've
never seen this before.




`いける`(`行ける`) is derived from the potential form of `行く` (to go) so literally
can be thought of as “can go” but actual meaning is closer to
“possible/doable”. There are also related meanings of “good” (as in taste or
look) or “goes/fits well (with something)”.

As @Chocolate mentions, `やっていける` means something along the lines of “get
by/along”, “manage”, or “doing enough”. You can get a feel for it by going
through the examples on
[ALC/Eijiro](https://eow.alc.co.jp/sp/search.html?q=%E3%82%84%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B&pg=1).
See also
[やっていく](https://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/word/en/%E9%81%A3%E3%81%A3%E3%81%A6%E8%A1%8C%E3%81%8F)

So your translation is good, I’d probably just rephrase it slightly, e.g.

“the parents can now get away with using just the sling and do not have to
piggyback”

