足りる

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. お金が足りない。▶ —
   I do not have enough money.
2. 時間が足りる。▶ —
   There is enough time.

Collocations

Mnemonic

Tariru (足りる) is the ichidan intransitive for "be sufficient." Kanji 足 (foot, soku / ashi) extends from foot to "reach a quantity." Multi-sense: (1) quantitative sufficiency (okane ga tariru, jikan ga tariru, hitode ga tariru); (2) the negative tarinai appears more often; (3) abstract satisfaction (kore de tariru). 足 family: ashi, ashi-oto, fusoku (shortage = "foot does not reach"), manzoku (satisfaction = "filled to the foot"), hosoku, ensoku (school outing = "go far on foot"). Taru wo shiru (足るを知る, know enough) adapts Laozis "zhi zu" doctrine with Zen — a contentment-and-anti-consumerism stance. Kyoto Ryouanjis "ware tada taru wo shiru" (I alone know enough) tsukubai with the four-kanji 口 puzzle is famous. Inamori Kazuo of Kyocera built management philosophy on it. Korean chungbunhada, Chinese gou, English be sufficient diverge. JLPT N5 tariru integrates with the taru wo shiru philosophy.

Quick check

1. Origin of taru wo shiru philosophy?

   • Laozis "zhi zu" (know enough), Japanized with Zen — anti-consumerism
   • Edo bushidou
   • Meiji Shinto
   • Post-COVID coinage