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It should be A; it ought to be A
          はず      
Huh? They're supposed to already be open.
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この               
The newest treatment is supposed to not hurt.
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   宿          はず   
She ought to have finished her homework.
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He is supposed to phone me this afternoon.
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          はず   
He is expected to come home soon.
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             ある はず   
Even the longest day must have an end.
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40   はず   
He must be nearly forty.
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          はず   
She ought to be arriving soon.

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Construction
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AVerb: Casual
 
Aい adjective
 
Aな adjective
 
ANoun
 
 
はず
Basic Examples:
はずだ ((he) should come)

はずだ (should be early)

はずだ (ought to be safe)

はずだ (it should be a train)

Related Expressions
はずがない
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Stupie
Level: 86
(8 months ago)
  1. စိတ်ထဲမှာ~~လို့ ထင်ရပေမဲ့ လက်တွေ့မှာ အဲ့လိုမဟုတ်( つもり လိုပဲ)
  2. ပုံပေါ်တယ်
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くるるぎくん
Level: 1
(13 years ago)
This is more of the thought or/assuming of should
and not giving advice.
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Discussion about this grammar
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languera7
Level: 1
In the "Construction" section above it is written for なadjective:
A+の+はず+だ
But なadjectives are used in this case with な, not with の. It should be like this:
A+な+はず+だ

And another small typo - there's one extra plus in the verb construction:
A++はず+だ
Just thought I should let you know:-)
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14 years ago
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
For some reason this is showing up as はすだ on the main grammar page and on the pull-down on the upper right of this page.
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Thanks, both of you. It's all been fixed!
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14 years ago
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fareastfurfaro
Level: 1
Thanks. Is it just me or is there a space on はずだ in the header of this page?
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14 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Yup. It's like that on all the pages, because the beta actually writes out the title as a list of words (to allow for furigana). Unfortunately, I am unable to figure out a way to make those spaces disappear, but they are not technically incorrect, since はず and だ are two separate terms.
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mysticfive
Level: 1604
shouldn't the example sentence read の~ rather than かの~?
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マイコー
Level: 262
Yep, fixing it. Thanks! If it's easier, you can hit the 'Is the English/Japanese wrong?' link and submit a fix that way as well.
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mysticfive
Level: 1604
oh for some reason when I click on that a blank box comes up - no text or anything...
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マイコー
Level: 262
Can you try now and see if it's still not working?
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mysticfive
Level: 1604
working!
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Healcabar
Level: 1
I don't understand the nuance. What does はず mean? An advice? assumption? Could someone explain it please?
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13 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
I think it is easier to think of it more as an assumption by the speaker that the statement is what they believe should/will happen/be.
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13 years ago
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Level: 1
Is the ha in hazu pronounced wa?
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12 years ago
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マイコー
Level: 262
Nope, は as in はち/8
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12 years ago
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