足りる|たりるtariru[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be sufficient; to be enough
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deservein the form に足りる after a verb
- ichidan verb, intransitive verbto do (the job); to serve; to answer
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 足りる（たりる） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 足ります（たります） |
| Negative (nai) | 足りない（たりない） |
| polite (masen) | 足りません（たりません） |
| classical zu / nu | 足りず・足りぬ（たりず・たりぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 足りた（たりた） |
| polite (mashita) | 足りました（たりました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 足りなかった（たりなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 足りませんでした（たりませんでした） |
| Te form | 足りて（たりて） |
| Potential | 足りられる（たりられる） |
| Passive | 足りられる（たりられる） |
| Causative | 足りさせる（たりさせる） |
| Causative passive | 足りさせられる（たりさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 足りれば（たりれば） |
| tara | 足りたら（たりたら） |
| Volitional | 足りよう（たりよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 足りましょう（たりましょう） |
| Imperative | 足りろ（たりろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Transitive / intransitive pair
お金が足りる
足りる is intransitive and presents the amount itself as being enough, as in お金が足りる. 足す is transitive and presents an action of adding to the amount, as in お金を足す.
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Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym足るたるWrittenLiterary form of 「足りる」, seen mostly in set phrases like 「取るに足らない」「信頼するに足る」.
- Related間に合うまにあうNeutralGood enough for the need at hand, as in 「これで間に合う」「十分間に合う」; also means making it in time.
- Related満たすみたすNeutralTransitive: to fill something or meet conditions, as in 「条件を満たす」「お腹を満たす」; 「足りる」 is intransitive and says the amount itself is enough.
- Related事足りることたりるWrittenWritten/formal prose for being enough to get the job done, as in 「電話で事足りる」; stresses that nothing more is needed.
- Antonym欠けるかけるNeutralThe opposite of 「足りる」: a needed part is missing, as in 「人手が欠ける」; also used for things being chipped.
- Antonym足りないたりないNeutralThe opposite of 「足りる」: not enough, as in 「お金が足りない」; can also mean slow-witted.
Use 「足りる」 by default for amounts being enough. 「間に合う」 covers coping with the need at hand, 「事足りる」 is written/formal prose, 「足る」 is the literary form, 「満たす」 means meeting conditions, and 「足りない」 means not enough.
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Japanese definitions
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