足る|たるtaru[0]heiban (flat)
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- godan verb, intransitive verbto be sufficient; to be enough
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deservein the form に足る after a verb
- godan verb, intransitive verbto do (the job); to serve; to answer
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 足る(たる) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 足ります(たります) |
| Negative (nai) | 足らない(たらない) |
| polite (masen) | 足りません(たりません) |
| classical zu / nu | 足らず・足らぬ(たらず・たらぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 足った(たった) |
| polite (mashita) | 足りました(たりました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 足らなかった(たらなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 足りませんでした(たりませんでした) |
| Te form | 足って(たって) |
| Potential | 足れる(たれる) |
| Passive | 足られる(たられる) |
| Causative | 足らせる(たらせる) |
| Causative passive | 足らせられる・足らされる(たらせられる・たらされる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 足れば(たれば) |
| tara | 足ったら(たったら) |
| Volitional | 足ろう(たろう) |
| polite (mashou) | 足りましょう(たりましょう) |
| Imperative | 足れ(たれ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
- Synonym足りるたりるNeutralThe everyday modern form for 'to be enough', as in 「お金が足りる」; 「足る」 is the literary variant heard in 「信頼に足る」.
- Related満たすみたすNeutralTransitive verb: to satisfy or fill something, as in 「条件を満たす」; 「足る」 is intransitive.
- Related事足りることたりるNeutralMeans to be enough for the need at hand, as in 「電話で事足りる」; leans toward sufficing to get something done.
- Related事足ることたるWrittenWritten, literary word for being sufficient to the purpose; rare today — 「事足りる」 is what people normally say.
- Antonym欠けるかけるNeutralAntonym: to be missing or lacking, as in 「常識に欠ける」; opposite of 「足る」 meaning ample or complete.
- Antonym足りないたりないNeutralAntonym: means not enough or lacking, the direct opposite of 「足る」 in its 'sufficient' sense.
Use 「足る」 in literary or set phrases like 「信頼するに足る」 and 「取るに足らない」; in daily speech say 「足りる」. 「事足りる」 covers being enough to get things done. Antonyms: 「足りない」 (not enough) and 「欠ける」 (lacking).
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