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Not fit for A (when A is a person); A can/should not be done (is wrong)
The action(s) which cannot be done often precede this phrase.
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   ある        
A fault that a pro should not make.
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Deceiving a guest is an unworthy deed.
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          こと   
His actions must not be forgiven.

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Construction
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ANoun (person) である
 
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まじきBNoun (//etc)
Basic Examples:
であるまじき (unfit for a politician)

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jm27937
Level: 484
(11 months ago)

I believe the main use in modern Japanese is in the fixed expression あるまじき, which generally takes either -に or -として with the preceding noun. I think まじき’s modern use with verbs is extremely limited, having been largely replaced by まい, which itself derives from the same archaic Japanese auxiliary verb まじ. Of historical note, まじき is the attributive form () of まじ, so when you see a word like this ending in -き, it will always be modifying something coming after it. Compare, for example, the difference between ごとき (attributive) and ごとし (final). Classical Japanese had separate sentence-ending () and attributive () forms that have merged in modern Japanese, but you can still see the difference in certain anachronisms that have survived into the modern language.

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lou1sb
Level: 1
(14 years ago)
まじき itself means 'should not be' or 'must not be'
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emmy
Level: 3
I don't think it has to be a noun you use before まじき... If anything, you would need a verb before and a noun after ?
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12 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Not that I'm aware of - the noun that precedes it (I clarified the usage somewhat) refers to the person/position, while the Sentence refers to the action.
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emmy
Level: 3
I don't have any books on me, but googling gets me: ~まじき : Must not~ ; Can not~ : []+まじき <「する」becomes 「~すまじき」> : をいじめるなんて、すまじきことです。 : a noun will come after 「~まじき」 すまじきことであれ。 It's something that cannot be forgiven All examples that I can find on Japanese pages use the construct 「あるまじき」 or 「すまじき」.
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12 years ago
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emmy
Level: 3
マスターsays:  + まじき +  がくる。まったしか使わない。
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マイコー
Level: 262
Sorry for the delay. I did some additional research, and have clarified the original entry (which, while correct, was too narrow in scope). I gave two usage patterns since one of the more common ones is the verb である (which you usually don't tend to think of as a verb).
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Eawen
Level: 1
I just want to point out a little detail: from what I have seen so far: にあるまじき is more common than であるまじき. For example: にあるまじきだ。 I am not sure if there is one more "correct" than the other, but, yeah, it is just what I have noticed.
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