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足る · godan verb (-ru)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	足たる	足たらない
Polite	足たります	足たりません
Past polite	足たりました	足たりませんでした
Past	足たった	足たらなかった
Te-form	足たって	足たらないで
Desire	足たりたい	足たりたくない
Potential	足たれる	足たれない
Passive	足たられる	足たられない
Causative	足たらせる	足たらせない
Causative passive	足たらせられるalso 足たらされる	足たらせられないalso 足たらされない
Volitional	足たろう
Polite volitional	足たりましょう
Imperative	足たれ	足たるな
Conditional	足たれば	足たらなければ
Tara conditional	足たったら	足たらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-ru), intransitive verb

be sufficient; be enough

Intransitive verb meaning that a quantity, amount, or quality meets a requirement. Often used in formal or written language; in everyday speech 足りる is more common.

Usage patterns

〈数かず〉が足たるa quantity is sufficient
この予よ算さんで足たるかどうか心しん配ぱいだ。
I'm worried whether this budget will be enough.
〈動どう詞し〉に足たるto be worthy of doing something
彼かれの功こう績せきは称しょう賛さんするに足たる。
His achievements are worthy of praise.
〈物もの〉で足たるsomething serves the purpose or does the job
この道どう具ぐで足たる仕し事ごとだ。
This is a job that this tool can handle.

Expressions

たりとも(not) even; (not) any
信しん頼らいに足たるtrustworthy; reliable; credible
語かたるに足たるworth telling; worth confiding in
足たるを知しるknow when one has enough; be content with one's lot
足たるを知しる者ものは富とむcontentment is true wealth
衣い食しょく足たりて礼れい節せつを知しるwell-fed, well-bred; the poor can't afford manners

Grammar

に足たる・に足たりないworth; enough to; not worthN1

Kanji

足leg, foot, be sufficient

Related words

足たりるN5
足りる is the everyday, common verb for 'be sufficient', while 足る is a more formal or literary variant, mainly seen in fixed expressions like 〜に足る.
十じゅう分ぶんN4sense 1
十分 is a common na-adjective/adverb meaning 'sufficient' or 'plenty', whereas 足る is a verb expressing the same idea in a more formal register.
値あたいするN1sense 2
値する means 'to deserve' or 'be worth', closely matching the 〜に足る sense of 足る but usable more broadly outside that fixed grammatical pattern.

Opposites

欠かけるN3sense 1
欠ける means 'to be lacking or insufficient', the opposite of 足る's sense of 'being enough'.

Word family

足たりるN5
be enough; be sufficient · be worth doing; deserve · serve the purpose; do the job
事こと足たる
suffice; be enough; serve the purpose
荷に足たり船ぶね
barge; lighter
足たりない
insufficient; not enough; lacking · dim-witted; slow; stupid
飽あき足たる
to be fully satisfied; to be fulfilled

Written forms

足たるUsage87%
Standard kanji form. Often used in formal or written contexts; the more common everyday equivalent is 足りる.
たるUsage13%
Kana spelling is acceptable, especially when the kanji might be misread or in informal writing.

Etymology

Derived from classical Japanese verb 足る (taru), which has the same meaning. The modern form 足りる developed from the classical 足る through regular sound changes.