"べし" meaning in Japanese

See べし in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: [be̞ɕi]
Etymology: From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-pos|suffix}} べし • (-beshi) Inflection templates: {{ja-conj-bungo|べ|adj-ku}} Forms: -beshi [romanization], no-table-tags [table-tags], べから [imperfective, stem], bekara [imperfective, stem], べく [continuative, stem], beku [continuative, stem], べし [stem, terminative], beshi [stem, terminative], べき [attributive, stem], べかる [attributive, stem], beki [attributive, stem], bekaru [attributive, stem], べけれ [hypothetical, stem], bekere [hypothetical, stem], - [imperative, stem], べきじゃない [informal, negative], beki ja nai [informal, negative], べきだった [informal, past], beki datta [informal, past], べきじゃなかった [informal, negative, past], beki ja nakatta [informal, negative, past], べきです [formal], beki desu [formal], べきではありません [formal, negative], beki de wa arimasen [formal, negative], べきでした [formal, past], beki deshita [formal, past], べきではありませんでした [formal, negative, past], beki de wa arimasen deshita [formal, negative, past], べく [conjunctive], べくて [conjunctive], beku [conjunctive], bekute [conjunctive], べきだったら [conditional], beki dattara [conditional], べければ [conditional, past], bekereba [conditional, past], べきだろう [volitional], べきでしょう [volitional], beki darō [volitional], beki deshō [volitional], べく [adverbial], beku [adverbial], - [noun-from-adj], no-table-tags [table-tags], べく [irrealis, stem], べから [irrealis, stem], beku [irrealis, stem], bekara [irrealis, stem], べく [continuative, stem], べかり [continuative, stem], beku [continuative, stem], bekari [continuative, stem], べし [stem, terminative], besi [stem, terminative], べき [attributive, stem], べかる [attributive, stem], beki [attributive, stem], bekaru [attributive, stem], べけれ [realis, stem], bekere [realis, stem], べかれ [imperative, stem], bekare [imperative, stem], べからず [negative], bekarazu [negative], べけれど [contrastive], bekeredo [contrastive], べければ [causative], bekereba [causative], べくば [conditional], bekuba [conditional], べかりき [past], bekariki [past], べかりけり [past], bekarikeri [past], べく [adverbial], beku [adverbial]
  1. (attaching to terminal form) must, shall
    indicating certainty
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-べし-ja-suffix--D7zk09O Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
  2. (attaching to terminal form) must, shall
    indicating requirement
    Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-べし-ja-suffix-L2nKIX48 Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, 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: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 34 66 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 35 65 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 46 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ojp",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-beshi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-adjdecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べから",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べし",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beshi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきでしょう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki deshō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べから",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べし",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べからず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べけれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekeredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べくば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekuba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "べし • (-beshi)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "べ",
        "2": "adj-ku"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "まじ"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Some of the local railways will soon be abolished.",
          "roman": "Chihō rosen no ikutsuka wa yagate haishisarerubeki unmei ni aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "路",
              "ろ"
            ],
            [
              "線",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "廃",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "止",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "運",
              "うん"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "めい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "地方路線のいくつかはやがて廃止されるべき運命にある。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "must, shall",
        "indicating certainty"
      ],
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          "must",
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        ],
        [
          "shall",
          "shall"
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      ],
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        "indicating certainty"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "まじ"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "44 56",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "34 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant alt parameters",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [
            "Links with redundant wikilinks",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "35 65",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "46 54",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You should take responsibility on this.",
          "roman": "Kono ken ni tsuite wa kimi ga sekinin o torubeki da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "責",
              "せき"
            ],
            [
              "任",
              "にん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この件については君が責任をとるべきだ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You should work until eight o'clock tomorrow.",
          "roman": "Ashita wa hachiji made ni shukkin-subeshi.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "明日",
              "あした"
            ],
            [
              "八",
              "はち"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "しゅっ"
            ],
            [
              "勤",
              "きん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "明日は八時までに出勤すべし。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You should read English aloud.",
          "roman": "Eigo wa koe o dashite yomu beki da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "英",
              "えい"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "こえ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "英語は声を出して読むべきだ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In order to hold the exhibition in time next year, hasty construction is underway.",
          "roman": "Rainen no hakurankai kaisai ni ma ni awaseru beku, tokkan kōji ga okonawareteiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "来",
              "らい"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "博",
              "はく"
            ],
            [
              "覧",
              "らん"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "開",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "催",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "突",
              "とっ"
            ],
            [
              "貫",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "工",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "おこな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "来年の博覧会開催に間に合わせるべく、突貫工事が行われている。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "must, shall",
        "indicating requirement"
      ],
      "id": "en-べし-ja-suffix-L2nKIX48",
      "links": [
        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ],
        [
          "shall",
          "shall"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "attaching to terminal form",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(attaching to terminal form) must, shall",
        "indicating requirement"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "べし"
}
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese suffixes",
    "Japanese terms derived from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms inherited from Old Japanese",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation missing pitch accent",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
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    "Pages with entries"
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      "expansion": "Old Japanese",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Old Japanese. First attested in the Kojiki of 712 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "-beshi",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-adjdecl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べから",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べし",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beshi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "hypothetical",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきじゃない",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki ja nai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきだった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki datta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきじゃなかった",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki ja nakatta",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきです",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki desu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきではありません",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki de wa arimasen",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきではありませんでした",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki de wa arimasen deshita",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "formal",
        "negative",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べくて",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekute",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきだったら",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki dattara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきだろう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べきでしょう",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki darō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki deshō",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-adj"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-conj-bungo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べから",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekara",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "irrealis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekari",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べし",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "besi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "stem",
        "terminative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかる",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekaru",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べけれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekere",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "realis",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかれ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekare",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "stem"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べからず",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekarazu",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べけれど",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekeredo",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "contrastive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べければ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekereba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べくば",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekuba",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "conditional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかりき",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekariki",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べかりけり",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bekarikeri",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "べく",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "beku",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "suffix"
      },
      "expansion": "べし • (-beshi)",
      "name": "ja-pos"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "べ",
        "2": "adj-ku"
      },
      "name": "ja-conj-bungo"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "suffix",
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    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "まじ"
        }
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      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Some of the local railways will soon be abolished.",
          "roman": "Chihō rosen no ikutsuka wa yagate haishisarerubeki unmei ni aru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "地",
              "ち"
            ],
            [
              "方",
              "ほう"
            ],
            [
              "路",
              "ろ"
            ],
            [
              "線",
              "せん"
            ],
            [
              "廃",
              "はい"
            ],
            [
              "止",
              "し"
            ],
            [
              "運",
              "うん"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "めい"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "地方路線のいくつかはやがて廃止されるべき運命にある。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "must, shall",
        "indicating certainty"
      ],
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        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ],
        [
          "shall",
          "shall"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "attaching to terminal form",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(attaching to terminal form) must, shall",
        "indicating certainty"
      ],
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        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "まじ"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "You should take responsibility on this.",
          "roman": "Kono ken ni tsuite wa kimi ga sekinin o torubeki da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "件",
              "けん"
            ],
            [
              "君",
              "きみ"
            ],
            [
              "責",
              "せき"
            ],
            [
              "任",
              "にん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "この件については君が責任をとるべきだ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You should work until eight o'clock tomorrow.",
          "roman": "Ashita wa hachiji made ni shukkin-subeshi.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "明日",
              "あした"
            ],
            [
              "八",
              "はち"
            ],
            [
              "時",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "しゅっ"
            ],
            [
              "勤",
              "きん"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "明日は八時までに出勤すべし。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "You should read English aloud.",
          "roman": "Eigo wa koe o dashite yomu beki da.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "英",
              "えい"
            ],
            [
              "語",
              "ご"
            ],
            [
              "声",
              "こえ"
            ],
            [
              "出",
              "だ"
            ],
            [
              "読",
              "よ"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "英語は声を出して読むべきだ。",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "In order to hold the exhibition in time next year, hasty construction is underway.",
          "roman": "Rainen no hakurankai kaisai ni ma ni awaseru beku, tokkan kōji ga okonawareteiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "来",
              "らい"
            ],
            [
              "年",
              "ねん"
            ],
            [
              "博",
              "はく"
            ],
            [
              "覧",
              "らん"
            ],
            [
              "会",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "開",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "催",
              "さい"
            ],
            [
              "間",
              "ま"
            ],
            [
              "合",
              "あ"
            ],
            [
              "突",
              "とっ"
            ],
            [
              "貫",
              "かん"
            ],
            [
              "工",
              "こう"
            ],
            [
              "事",
              "じ"
            ],
            [
              "行",
              "おこな"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "来年の博覧会開催に間に合わせるべく、突貫工事が行われている。",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "must, shall",
        "indicating requirement"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "must",
          "must"
        ],
        [
          "shall",
          "shall"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "attaching to terminal form",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(attaching to terminal form) must, shall",
        "indicating requirement"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[be̞ɕi]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kojiki",
    "Nihon Kokugo Daijiten"
  ],
  "word": "べし"
}

Download raw JSONL data for べし meaning in Japanese (9.5kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-11-06 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-10-02 using wiktextract (fbeafe8 and 7f03c9b). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.