No. 1,101 in Japanese
足り
"足り" means "to be sufficient" or "to be enough."
In a sentence
彼にはそれで足りるでしょうか。
Will that be sufficient for him?
足りる is used as a verb meaning 'to be sufficient' or 'to be enough.'
予算が足りないのでプロジェクトは進められない。
The project cannot proceed because the budget is insufficient.
足りない is the negative form of 足りる, indicating insufficiency.
1時間だけでは、準備の時間としては足りないと思う。
I think one hour is not enough for preparation time.
足りない is used here to express inadequacy in terms of time.
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