Japanese に足る: worthy of an action

The idea

Attach に足る to a verbal noun such as 信頼 or to a dictionary-form verb such as 検討する. Before a noun use に足る; as a predicate use に足ります, or に足りません for a negative judgment.

Examples

• この資料しりょうは検討けんとうに足たります。This material is worthy of consideration.
• その報告ほうこくは信頼しんらいに足たりません。That report is not worthy of trust.
• 彼かれは尊敬そんけいに足たる人物じんぶつです。He is a person worthy of respect.
• この本ほんは一読いちどくするに足たる内容ないようです。This book has content worth reading.
• その発見はっけんは注目ちゅうもくに足たります。That discovery deserves attention.
• 噂うわさだけでは判断はんだんするに足たりません。Rumors alone are not enough to make a judgment.

Watch out

This is a judgment of worth or sufficiency, not simply ability. 信頼に足りない means unworthy of trust; it does not mean someone cannot trust.

Try it yourself

1. 信頼しんらい＿＿足たる人ひとです。

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   に

   に — The verbal noun 信頼 connects to 足る with に.

2. 検討けんとうに＿＿ません。

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   足り

   足り — The polite negative is 足りません, expressing insufficient grounds for consideration.

3. 注目ちゅうもくする＿＿足たる発見はっけんです。

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   に

   に — A dictionary-form verb such as 注目する also takes に足る.

Use it today

Describe something worthy of attention and something that is insufficient for a judgment.