To Be Enough
To Be Sufficient, To Suffice
intransitive verb, ichidan verb
This word consists of kanji with hiragana attached. Because the hiragana ends with an う sound, you know this word is a verb. The kanji itself means leg or sufficient, and we're going with the "sufficient" meaning for this word! This word means to be enough.
Since this word consists of a kanji with hiragana attached, you can bet that it will use the kun'yomi reading. You didn't learn that reading with this kanji, so here's a mnemonic to help you to remember the た portion. Whenever we need to remember the た we use the word "taco."
What do you have enough of? What is sufficient? Turns out it's tacos (た). Your bunker is filled with them and it's going to be enough to last the winter.
人は足りる
to have enough people
手は足りる
to have enough people helping
メモリーは足りる
to have enough memory
十キログラムで足りるかな。
I wonder if ten kilograms is enough.
トイレットペーパーが足りない！
I don't have enough toilet paper!
休みは、いくらあっても足りない。
There never seem to be enough holidays.