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はず
Meanings
Auxiliary
Usually written in kana
1. should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be)
Noun
2. nock (of a bow)
3. nock (of an arrow)
4. nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)
5. wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
Alt. forms
はず
88%
筈はず
11%
弭はず
Pitch accent
は
ず
Top 300
Used in: 6155
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
12 more...
Examples (32 in total)
He was supposed to come.
I thought I asked you to clean the living room.
He can't have done that.
As far as I know, she's not yet married.
I was supposed to be studying, but I watched TV instead.
He is to come here at five.
She can't have known about it.
If you really were there, you must have seen it.
If you really were there, you must've seen it.
We should have told him the truth.
She can't have done such a thing.
Wasn't it supposed to snow last night?
He looks young. He cannot be older than I.
I can't find my key, but it has to be somewhere around here.
I thought we said 2:30.
Now I have the hat which I thought was lost.
There's no way I could do something like that in front of people.
They should arrive by noon.
Tom, I thought I told you to clean your room!
Jane cannot have said such a thing.
The international conference was to be held in February this year.
Attendance should be good provided the weather is favorable.
He cannot have said such an unreasonable thing.
This should be okay. Probably. Possibly. At least I hope so.
He was supposed to be there at 8 o'clock but he didn't show up till ten.
That can't be right. He's still on vacation in Hawaii.
He can't be under thirty.
We were to have taken off at 4:30 p.m.
She can't be over thirty; she must still be in her twenties.
He cannot be over fifty; he must still be in his forties.
Frank can't have been ill. He was playing tennis all day.
You'd be surprised what you can learn in a week.