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Grammar detail: べき

べき - should; ought to

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べき（だ）

means

should ~; ought to ~

べき expresses the idea that in the speaker's judgment, the subject ought to do something. It is not as strong as 'must do' forms such as なければならない, but it is stronger than 'suggestion' forms such as

ほう

方

がいい.

べき is an 'auxiliary', meaning it is placed after the verb that it modifies.

い

にはたくさん

を

むべきだ。
One should read a lot of books when one is young.

その

は

の

ともいうべき

だった。
The man was a fountain of knowledge.

を

に

るべきです。
You should cut up your meat before you eat it.

When べき follows the verb する, it can optionally be shortened to すべき with no change in meaning:

はなくさないようにすべきです。
You should not lose anything borrowed.

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Kanji used in this grammar

方

ホウかた way, direction

若

ジャクニャクわかい young もしくは or

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時

ジとき time, occasion

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本

ホン book もと origin

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読

ドクトクトウよむ to read

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男

ダンナンおとこ male, man

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知

チしる to know

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識

シキ knowledge, discrimination

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泉

センいずみ spring

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人

ジンニンひと person

肉

ニク meat

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食

ショクジキ food たべる to eat くう to eat

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前

ゼンまえ before

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細

サイほそい thin ほそる to get thin, taper off こまかこまかい detailed, fine

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切

セツサイきる to cut きれる to break, to snap

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借

シャクかりる to borrow

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物

ブツモツもの thing

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