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Japanese

01auxiliary

usually kana

should (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be)

02noun

nock (of a bow)

03noun

nock (of an arrow)

04noun

sumo

nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)

05noun

wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

その飛行機は今ごろは関西空港に当然着いているはずだ。

The plane should have arrived at Kansai Airport by now.

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本当の筈がない。

It cannot be true.

４０近いはずだ。

He must be nearly forty.

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弭 (rarely used kanji form)

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