What does 足りない mean in Japanese?

足りない (たりない) means "lacking; not enough" in Japanese.

足りない

Q: How do you use 足りない in a sentence?

経験がまだ足りないと思います。 (けいけんがまだたりないとおもいます。) — I think I still lack experience.

Kana: たりない

lacking; not enough

⛩️ Japanese Level 2 ✨ Describing Words

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経験がまだ足りないと思います。

けいけんがまだたりないとおもいます。

I think I still lack experience.

What 足りない means

足りない (たりない) is a Japanese word meaning “lacking; not enough”. It belongs to the Describing Words topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.

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