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    3. 足らず

    足らず

    足たら​ず​

    just under

    KMT8News #25+1Noun, SuffixCore ConceptsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    たらず

    Noun, Suffix

    1.
    just under, a little less than, just short of

    Stroke 0 / 13

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれはまだ20歳はた足ちたらずだ。

    He is still just under 20 years old.

    KMT7Core ConceptsDaily Life
    完かん成せいまであと数すう日じつ足たらずで、プロジェクトは中ちゅう断だんされた。

    With just a few days short of completion, the project was suspended.

    KMT8Core ConceptsWork & Career
    予よ算さんは100万ひゃく円まんえ足んたらずで、計けい画かくの実じっ行こうは困こん難なんだ。

    The budget is just under one million yen, making the plan difficult to execute.

    KMT8Core ConceptsBusiness & Finance
    彼かれは出しゅっ発ぱつまであと1時じ間かん足たらずで準じゅん備びを終おえた。

    He finished his preparations in just under an hour before departure.

    KMT8Core ConceptsDaily Life
    彼かれの努ど力りょくは成せい功こうには一いっ歩ぽ足たらず、惜せき敗はいに終おわった。

    His efforts fell just short of success, ending in a regrettable defeat.

    KMT9Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    足
    あし・た.りる・た.る・た.す…(5)
    leg・foot・be sufficient・counter for pairs of footwear
    Kanji
    ら
    ra
    Kana
    ず
    zu
    Kana
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