足る (Taru) is a Japanese godan verb meaning “to be sufficient, to be enough, to be worth doing, to be worthy of”.
Meanings
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be sufficient; to be enough
- godan verb, intransitive verbto be worth doing; to be worthy of; to deservein the form に足る after a verb
- godan verb, intransitive verbto do (the job); to serve; to answer
Examples
皆に食物は足るかい。
Is there enough food to go around?
八方美人頼むに足らず。
A friend to everybody is a friend to nobody.
私の車は馬力が足らない。
My car is deficient in horsepower.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).