"べくして" meaning in Japanese

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Phrase

IPA: [be̞kɯ̟ ɕite̞] Forms: beku shite [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|phrase|べく して}} べくして • (beku shite)
  1. (literary, preceded and followed by the same verb) happening as a matter of course Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-べくして-ja-phrase-AJMKO7v3 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 70 30 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 86 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 70 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 79 21
  2. (literary) although it can be done Tags: literary
    Sense id: en-べくして-ja-phrase-oh889H0E
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beku shite",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "2": "べく して"
      },
      "expansion": "べくして • (beku shite)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "79 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "certainly perish",
          "roman": "horobu beku shite horobu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "亡",
              "ほろ"
            ],
            [
              "亡",
              "ほろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "亡ぶべくして亡ぶ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "happening as a matter of course"
      ],
      "id": "en-べくして-ja-phrase-AJMKO7v3",
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "matter of course",
          "matter of course"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "preceded and followed by the same verb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, preceded and followed by the same verb) happening as a matter of course"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "although it can be done"
      ],
      "id": "en-べくして-ja-phrase-oh889H0E",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) although it can be done"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞kɯ̟ ɕite̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "べくして"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese hiragana",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese phrases",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "beku shite",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "phrase",
        "2": "べく して"
      },
      "expansion": "べくして • (beku shite)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese literary terms",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "certainly perish",
          "roman": "horobu beku shite horobu",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "亡",
              "ほろ"
            ],
            [
              "亡",
              "ほろ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "亡ぶべくして亡ぶ",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "happening as a matter of course"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "happen",
          "happen"
        ],
        [
          "matter of course",
          "matter of course"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "preceded and followed by the same verb",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, preceded and followed by the same verb) happening as a matter of course"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "although it can be done"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary) although it can be done"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞kɯ̟ ɕite̞]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "べくして"
}

Download raw JSONL data for べくして meaning in Japanese (1.4kB)

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