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Context: in [this
manga](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AF%E3%83%89%E3%82%A6), an
ex boxer now working for a yakuza group has just attended the funeral of his
boss (組長). After the funeral, he sits alone and watches his pinkie. Then
thinks:

> 何考えてんだ俺は… あめェよ… 命【たま】かけなきゃならねェ世界【とこ】で生かされてんだ。あめェよ… **小指じゃ命につりあわねェっての。**

In the manga the word 世界 is often used to refer to the boxing world, and I
think in this case too. I understand that he is talking about the yubitsume
ritual, but the meaning of the last sentence is not clear to me, the verb in
particular. I think it literally means "a pinkie can't match life", but what
does he actually mean by that? What is the general meaning of the whole
sentence? Also, why 命 has たま as furigana? My attempt:

> What the hell am I thinking? I'm so naive... I am forced to live in a world
> where you have to risk your life. I'm so naive... a pinkie can't be compared
> to life.

Unfortunately, the manga doesn't provide much context because it focuses on
the boxing part, this is just a minor scene. I don't know why he thinks about
cutting his finger, maybe he feels guilty about the death of his boss?

Thank you for your help!

EDIT: maybe my explanation wasn't clear, but in the end he doesn't cut his
finger. [Here you can
see](https://drive.google.com/open?id=1SWKm89rpifyLFgGo9DtxGW8jMltShVMO) the
page in question (page 29) and some pages before it. In the first page, you
can see an unknown member of the yakuza clan with his amputated pinkie. This
is all the context the manga provides, after these pages it goes back to the
main story.
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Meaning of this sentence by a yakuza
First of all, I think this 世界 is used to refer to Yakuza world because the ex-
boxer who said that is now working for a Yakuza group.

Dictionaries say that 釣り合う means "match、coordinate、balance and equal". I think
小指じゃ命につりあわない means "The value of a pinkie isn't equal with a life.", that is
to say, "A life is worth more than a pinkie". This "The value of a pinkie"
means "the action of cutting a pinkie" because yubitsume ritual is worth for
Yakuza.

In addition, 命 is called たま in yakuza world. You can hear it in yakuza movies.
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