足ります（たります、tarimasu）
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The Japanese word 足ります, read as たります (tarimasu), primarily means "to be enough," "to suffice," or "to be sufficient." It indicates that something meets a certain requirement or that a quantity or amount is adequate. It expresses a state of sufficiency.

⚫︎ お金が足りますか？ Translation: Is there enough money? ⚫︎ この量で足ります。 Translation: This amount is enough. ⚫︎ 時間は足りますか？ Translation: Is there enough time?

足ります is used when discussing whether something is sufficient. ⚫︎ It is often used to inquire about or confirm if a quantity, amount, or resource is adequate. ⚫︎ It can be used to answer affirmatively, indicating that something meets the necessary requirements. ⚫︎ It typically functions as a verb and describes a state of having enough of something. ⚫︎ The word 足ります itself is the present-tense affirmative form of the verb.

⚫︎ The base form of the word is 足りる (たりる). ⚫︎ The polite form is 足ります (足ります). ⚫︎ It is typically written in hiragana as たります in everyday use. ⚫︎ The kanji form is 足ります. ⚫︎ The okurigana is ります.

⚫︎ 十分です (じゅうぶんです) - It's sufficient/enough. (Polite) ⚫︎ 間に合います (まにあいます) - To be in time, to suffice. ⚫︎ 足りる (たりる) - To be enough (plain form).

⚫︎ 足りない (たりない) - Not enough, insufficient. ⚫︎ 不足です (ふそくです) - Insufficient, lack.

お水はもう足ります。 ・Translation: I have enough water now. ・Explanation: This sentence confirms that the speaker has a sufficient amount of water and does not need any more.

この本は面白いので、いくら読んでも足ります。 ・Translation: This book is interesting, so I can read it as much as I want. ・Explanation: This sentence expresses that there is enough enjoyment from the book, regardless of how much one reads.

The verb 足りる is composed of the kanji 足 (あし), meaning "foot" or "to add," and the verb suffix る. In this context, 足 has a meaning related to "completeness" or "sufficiency". The etymology suggests something being "brought to completion" or "filling up."