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Japanese word 物足りない: unsatisfied / not enough. Meanings and example sentences.

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物足りない (ものたりない): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

物足りない (ものたりない) means unsatisfied / not enough.

See example sentences below.

物足りない at a glance

物足りない
ものたりないmonotarinai
N1adj
unsatisfied / not enough
物足りないものたりないmonotarinaiN1Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 物足りない

Core meaning

unsatisfied / not enough

Basic example sentences

Example 1

この料理はちょっと物足りない。

Translation

This dish is a bit unsatisfactory.

Example 2

運動したけど物足りない感じがする。

Translation

I exercised, but I still feel unsatisfied.

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