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足りる · ichidan verb

Meanings

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

General intransitive verb for quantity, degree, or quality meeting a requirement. Often used with に or で to mark what is sufficient.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be worth doing; deserve

Used in the pattern 〜に足りる after a verb, meaning something is worth doing or deserves a certain action. Often appears in negative or formal contexts.

〈物もの〉が足たりるto have enough of something
今こん月げつはお金かねが足たりない。
I don't have enough money this month.
〈事こと〉に足たりるto be worth (doing/noting) something
彼かれの行こう動どうは信しん頼らいに足たりるものだった。
His actions were worthy of trust.
〈物もの〉で足たりるfor something to serve the purpose
この道どう具ぐで足たりるだろう。
This tool should do the job.
〈時とき〉が足たりるto have enough time
準じゅん備びする時じ間かんが足たりなかった。
There wasn't enough time to prepare.

足たるN2sense 1
足る is the classical/literary form still used in set phrases like 取るに足らない, while 足りる is the everyday modern verb for 'be enough'.
十じゅう分ぶんN4sense 1
十分 is a na-adjective/noun meaning 'sufficient' used with だ or に, whereas 足りる is the verb itself expressing that a quantity meets a need.
間まに合あうN4
足りる means a quantity or amount is sufficient, while 間に合う more broadly means something serves its purpose or arrives in time.
欠かけるN3
足りる describes whether an amount is sufficient (often negated as 足りない), while 欠ける directly expresses that a quality or element is lacking.

欠かけるN3sense 1
欠ける means something is missing or lacking, the opposite of 足りる meaning something is sufficient.
余あまるN3
足りる means an amount is sufficient, the opposite of 余る, which means there is more than enough.

足たりるUsage96%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses.
たりるUsage4%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.

Derived from classical verb 足る (たる), with the modern ichidan form 足りる becoming standard. The kanji 足 carries meanings of 'foot' and 'sufficiency'.