Lingaku足る【たる】
Frequency rank: 6,533. – 6,542. (for form たる: 1,882.)
- to be sufficient; to be enoughsee also 足りる
- to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deservein the form に足る after a verb
- to do (the job); to serve; to answer
Godan verb with 'ru' ending; intransitive verb
Forms
- 足る【たる】Frequency rank: 6,533. – 6,542.
- たるFrequency rank: 1,882.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- to be sufficient; to be enough
- to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deserve
- to do (the job); to serve; to answer
This meaning is used when indicating that something meets the required quantity, quality, or standard.
This meaning expresses the idea that something has value or merit, indicating that it is deserving of attention or effort.
This meaning is used in contexts where someone or something meets a specific function or role.
Generated collocations (experimental)
たる足るをしる知るto know sufficiencyたりている足りているto be sufficient/adequateたりない足りないto be insufficientたら足らざるをえない得ないto have no choice but to be insufficientたる足るおとこ男a worthy manたりる足りるto be sufficientひつよう必要にたる足るto be enough for the necessityのうりょく能力にたる足るto be worthy of one's abilitiesじかん時間にたる足るto be sufficient in timeたる足るをえない得ないto be unavoidable/inevitable
Example sentences
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The thing blocking my path was a stone wall of less than 1 meter's height.
I can only put this poor checking down to lack of people at work.
He thinks he is somebody, but really he is nobody.
He thinks he is somebody, but actually he is nobody.
His explanation was too sketchy. I didn't understand it.
His business plan looks good on paper but I get the feeling it would never work in practice.
People who are made much of by the public are not always those who most deserve it.
It was less than one kilometer to the village post office.
As compared with his, my collection is nothing.
The appropriation is pin-money; it wouldn't be enough even to build a gym, much less build the administration building.
A person who is only a pawn in the game often talks big in company.
The printing business made Bill a small fortune.