足る

• 読み: たる
• ローマ字: taru
• 漢字の分解: 足 (soku/ta) — foot; to be sufficient
• 発音: /ta.ɾɯ/

意味

To be sufficient; to be worth; to deserve. Asserts that something meets a required standard or merits consideration.

A Group 1 (godan) verb. Most commonly encountered in the negative form 足りない (not enough) or in elevated set phrases such as 取るに足らない (not worth bothering with). The affirmative form 足る is markedly literary and is rarely used in casual speech.

例文

1. 彼の業績は称賛に足るものだ。
2. その根拠は信頼に足る証拠とは言えない。
3. 一時間あれば作業を終えるのに足る。

使い方ガイド

場面: academic writing, formal speech, literature

トーン: literary

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 足 carries the dual meanings of 'foot/leg' and 'to suffice.' The verb たる evolved from classical Japanese to express sufficiency or merit, and survives primarily in formal and literary registers.

文化的背景

時代: Classical-Modern

世代: Adults

社会的背景: Educated