このスープは塩が少し足りない。

このスープは塩が少し足りない。

This soup wants a bit of salt.

このスープは塩(しお)が少(すこ)し足(た)りない。

Kono su-pu wa shio ga sukoshi tarinai.

此の (この)

this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker)

スープ (スープ)

(Western) soup

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

塩 (しお、えん)

salt (i.e. sodium chloride); common salt; table salt; salt (e.g. sodium chloride, calcium sulfate, etc.); hardship; toil; trouble; saltiness

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

少し (すこし)

small quantity; little; few; something; little while; short distance

足りる (たりる)

to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy; to be sufficient; to answer; to do

Readings: エン、しお

Meaning: salt

Readings: ショウ、すく.ない、すこ.し

Meanings: few, little

Readings: ソク、あし、た.りる、た.る、た.す

Meanings: leg, foot, be sufficient, counter for pairs of footwear