English Reference

Japanese

べき

Romaji beki

Common word

01

可き べき · beki

Common word

01auxiliary

usually kana

should; must; ought to

after the dictionary form of a verb

Examples

あなたにはまず最初に尋ねるべきだったでしょうか。

Should I have asked you first?

Tatoeba #233763

彼は怒るべきだ。

He should be angry.

Tatoeba #101798

見ておくべきだ。

You should try to see it.

Tatoeba #175176

02

冪 べき · beki

羃、巾

01noun

mathematics

exponent; power

Source

This site uses the JMdict dictionary file. It is the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and is used in conformance with the Group's licence (CC BY-SA 4.0). Example sentences come from the Tatoeba project and are licensed under CC BY 2.0 FR. All sources.

English Reference