I Love Kanji足る (taru)
足る (たる, taru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to be sufficient; to be enough”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たる
- Romaji
- taru
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る
- Level
- JLPT N2 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to be sufficient; to be enough · godan verb, intransitive
- to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve · godan verb, intransitive · in the form に足る after a verb
- to do (the job); to serve; to answer · godan verb, intransitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 足る
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in る. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 足る | たる taru |
| Polite (~masu) | 足ります | たります tarimasu |
| Negative | 足らない | たらない taranai |
| Polite negative | 足りません | たりません tarimasen |
| Past | 足った | たった tatta |
| Polite past | 足りました | たりました tarimashita |
| Negative past | 足らなかった | たらなかった taranakatta |
| Te-form | 足って | たって tatte |
| Potential | 足れる | たれる tareru |
| Passive | 足られる | たられる tarareru |
| Causative | 足らせる | たらせる taraseru |
| Volitional | 足ろう | たろう tarou |
| Imperative | 足れ | たれ tare |
| Conditional (~ba) | 足れば | たれば tareba |
Kanji in 足る
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 足る.
足あしfoot足すたすto add (numbers)足りるたりるto be sufficient満足まんぞくsatisfaction足袋たびtabi不足ふそくinsufficiency足跡あしあとfootprints足元あしもとat one's feet遠足えんそくschool trip足そくcounter for pairs of socks, shoes, etc.裸足はだしbarefoot補足ほそくsupplement発足ほっそくstarting駆け足かけあしrunning fast
Source: JMdict entry 1404750 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.