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足る

読み方：たる

文法情報	（動詞ラ行五段活用、自動詞）
対訳	to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worthy of

日本語WordNet(英和)

足る

【動詞】

serve, answer, do, suffice

十分足りる

(be sufficient)

A few words would answer 2、3語で答えるだろう Will $100 do? 100ドルはしますか？ A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school B評価は、私が医学部に入るために十分でない Nothing else will serve 他に何も役立たない

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EDR日英対訳辞書

足る

読み方 タル

deserve；suffice

斎藤和英大辞典

足る

読み方 たる

自動詞

1

（＝充分なり、間に合う） to be enough; to be sufficient; to suffice; to serve; to answer; to do

用例

百円あれば足ります
100 yen will be enough―be sufficient―suffice―do

これで用が足る
This will answer the purpose―serve the purpose―serve my turn―do the business―This will do―This will serve.

これでは用が足りない
This will not do―not serve―not answer.

この箱で食卓の用が足る
This box will answer the purpose of a table―serve the purpose of a table―serve for a table.

この事実は彼の正直なることを証するに足る
This fact serves to show that he is honest.

彼は非凡の人なりと言えば事足らん
Suffice it to say that he was no common being.

今日は今日の苦労にて足れり
“Safficient unto the day is the evil thereof”【イディオム・格言的】

この米は一連隊の兵を一カ月間養うに足る
The rice will serve （to feed） a regiment for a month.

〈以下特例〉

用例

この島は一万人を養うに足る
The island can support 10,000 people.

彼は僕の相手をするに足る
He is a match for me.

相手にするに足らぬ
He is no match for me.

書はもって姓名を記すに足る
Cultivate enough penmanship to sign your name.

衣食足りて礼節を知る
One must be well fed before one can be well bred
Well fed, well bred
One must have bread before one can be well bred
Bread before breeding.

2

用例

足らない
to be insufficient―not enough―too little―deficient―wanting―short―inadequate

何が足らない
to be short of something―wanting in something

いくら足らない
to come short by so much―want so much of the standard―to be less so much―minus so much―wanting so much

金が足らない
The money is insufficient
The money is not enough
The money will not do
I am short of money.

いくら足らないか
How much is wanting?
What is the wanting sum?
What is the deficit?

金が十円足らない
The money comes short by10 yen
The money is 10 yen short
The money is 10 yen too little.

君は勉強が足らない
You do not work hard enough
You are wanting in diligence.

力が足らない
I am not strong enough―（は体力、学力なら）―I am wanting in ability.

この仕事には英語が足らない
My English is inadequate to the work.

人員が足らない
The number of men is insufficient
There are not enough men
We are short of men.

人員がまだ一人足らない
One man is still wanting―There still wants one man―（米国にては）―There still needs one man―（いずれにても）―We are one man short.

船員が十人足らない
The ship wants ten men―（米国にては）―The ship needs ten men―（英米いずれにても）―The ship is ten men short.

手が足らない
We are short of hands―short-handed.

食糧が足らない
We are short of provisions.

食糧が足らなくなった
We have run short of provisions
Provisions have run short.

今年は雨が足らない
There is not enough rain―It has not rained enough―this year.

完全には少し足らぬ処がある
It wants something of perfection.

ご規則には一インチ足らない
It wants one inch of the regulation measurement.

一月に三日足らぬ
It wants three days of a month
It is a month less three days
It is a month minus three days
It is a month wanting three days.

十円に五十銭足らない
It wants fifty sen of 10 yen
It is ten yen less fifty sen
It is ten yen minus fifty sen
It is 10 yen wanting fifty sen.

まだ足らないものがある
Something is still wanting―We still want something―（米国にては）―We still need something.

足らない物は何か
What is wanting?

皆で十冊あるのだから一冊足らない
There ought to be ten volumes in all, so there is one volume wanting.

足らないのは何巻目か
What is the wanting number?

まだまだ足らない
There is not nearly enough―（数なら）―There are not nearly enough.

泣いても足らぬ
I can not cry enough.

余ると足らぬとどちらが好いか
Which is the better of the two too much or too little?

〈以下特例〉

何々するに足らず→『たらず（足らず）』

用例

彼は騎兵には丈が足らない
He is too short of stature for a cavalryman.

彼は丈が足らないために徴兵免除になった
He was exempted from military service for shortness of stature.

まだなし足らないことがある
Something remains to be done.

仕事が完成するにはまだ足らないところがたくさんある
Much remains to be done before the work is finished.

まだ言い足らないことがある
Something remains to be said.

このことを君達に充分に解らせるにはまだ言い足らないことがたくさんある
Much remains to be said before you can understand the matter fully.

毎日足らない勝ちで暮らしている
I can not make both ends meet.

あの男は少し足らない
He wants twopence in the shilling
He is weak in the upper story.

3

（＝何々する価値がある） to deserve （something）; to be worthy of （something）; to be worth （doing something）

用例

この本は一読するに足る
The book is worth reading―worthy of being read―worthy of a perusal.

彼の処置は賞するに足る
His conduct deserves praise
His conduct is worthy of praise.

この説は信を置くに足る
The statement is worth believing―worthy of belief―credible.

見るに足る品が無い
There are no articles worth seeing―worthy of inspection.

あの男は信任するに足る、大事を託するに足る
He is worthy of confidence.

彼ら如きは取るに足らぬ
Such men are unworthy of notice―beneath notice―beneath contempt.

彼の成功はあえてあやしむに足らず
It is no wonder that he should have succeeded.

彼の成功は驚くに足らぬ
His success is not to be wondered at.

あの息子なら誇るに足る
He is a boy to be proud of.

あんな息子を持ったとて誇るに足らぬ
Such a son does him no credit.

他は論ずに足らぬ
The rest are not worth mentioning.

価は論ずるに足らぬ
The price does not matter.―does not signify.

国籍などは論ずるに足らぬ
The nationality makes no difference
The nationality is of no consequence.

一二の差は論ずるに足らぬ
One or two more or less is of no consequence.

4

（＝満足する） to be content; to be contented; to be satisfied

用例

足ることを知れ
Learn to be contented.

足ることを知るものは幸福なり
One who is contented is happy
To be contented is to be happy
Contentment is happiness
Happiness consists in contentment.

足ることを知るものは富む
He who is content with a little, is rich.

彼は足ることを知らぬ
He is insatiable.

物足らぬ心地がする
I have an unsatisfied feeling
I feel something is wanting
I miss something.

これだけては物足らぬ心持ちがする
Without something more, it leaves an unsatisfied feeling―it makes me miss something.

洋食の宴会は何だか物足らない
A foreign dinner leaves an unsatisfied feeling.

君が来ないと物足らない心持ちがする
We miss you very much.

ご馳走に酒が無いと物足らぬ
The feast is incomplete without the wine.

名簿にお名前が無いと物足らぬ
The list would be incomplete without your name.

事足れば足るに任せて
The man who has enough and more,

　事足らず
On more and more his soul is bent;

　足らで事足る
How truly happy is the boor

　身こそ安けれ
Who with a little is content

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