Japanese Word Entry

事足りる
Kana:ことたりる
Romaji:kototariru
Definition: to suffice, to serve the purpose, to be satisfied
Alternative form:
  • こと足りる 【 ことたりる (kototariru) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly, affair, to serve, accident, incident
Readings
Mandarin: ㄕˋ (shì), ㄗˋ (zì)
Cantonese: si6
Japanese: ジ (ji)、 ズ (zu)、 シ (shi) / こと (koto)、 つか.う (tsukau)、 つか.える (tsukaeru)、 こととする (kototosuru)
Korean: 사 (sa)
Vietnamese: sự
Variants
Semantic variant form:

leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear, attain, satisfy, enough, Kangxi radical 156
Readings
Mandarin: ㄗㄨˊ (zú), ㄐㄩˋ (jù)
Cantonese: zuk1
Japanese: ソク (soku)、 ショク (shoku)、 スウ (suu) / あし (ashi)、 た.りる (tariru)、 た.る (taru)、 た.す (tasu)
Korean: 족 (jog), 주 (ju)
Vietnamese: túc