足る|たるtaru[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. godan verb, intransitive verbto be sufficient; to be enough
    The plan is far from satisfactory.
  2. godan verb, intransitive verbto be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deservein the form に足る after a verb
  3. 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.

Transitive / intransitive pair
intransitive足るたる⇄transitive足すたす
人数にんずうが足たる
人数にんずうを足たす
足る describes a state where something is sufficient on its own, while 足す focuses on the act of adding to make up a shortfall.

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Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 満足まんぞくする。満みたされる。
  2. 可能かのうである。十分じゅうぶんである。
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