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Grammar detail: はず

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JLPT:

はず - ought

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はず

means

ought (to do something), should be/have (some way)

もしスーが

できているなら、まもなく

くはずだ。
If Sue is coming by air, she ought to arrive very soon.

The tenses of the verbs used before and after はず can be tricky. When the thing that ought to have happened is already past, the verb before はず should be past tense.

な

ならば、その

じょうきょう

に

できなかったはずがないだろう。
Such a clever man as he couldn't have failed to adapt himself to the new situation.

When the result is also something that happened in the past, the verb after はず should be in the past tense, but the verb describing the thing that ought to have happened is in the present tense.

は８

に

るはずだったが、１０

になるまで

を

さなかった。
He was supposed to be there at 8 o'clock but he didn't show up till ten.

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Kanji used in this grammar

飛

ヒとぶ to fly とばす to let fly

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行

コウギョウアンゆくいく to go おこなう to take place

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機

キ machine はた loom

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着

チャクジャクつく to arrive つける to attach きる to wear きせる to make wear

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彼

ヒかれ he

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敏

ビン cleverness

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男

ダンナンおとこ male, man

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新

シンあたらしいあらたにい- new

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状

ジョウ condition, circumstances

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況

キョウ situation

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適

テキ suitable

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応

オウおうじる to satisfy, reply, comply こたえる to respond to

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時

ジとき time, occasion

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来

ライくる to come きたる to be forthcoming きたす to induce

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姿

シすがた appearance, form, shape

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現

ゲン present あらわれる to appear あらわす to show

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