〜はずだ

Formation

N4SuppositionNeutral
Verb
Na-adj
/I-adj
/Noun
はずだ

Meaning

Indicates a strong expectation or belief based on reason or evidence. It implies that something is naturally supposed to be the case.

Examples

彼はもうすぐ来るはずだ。

He should be coming soon.

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