JLPT N4 vocabulary

筈meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

はず0Heiban · flat

Meaning

  1. should (be), bound (to be), expected (to be), must (be)
  2. (noun) nock (of a bow)
  3. (noun) nock (of an arrow)
  4. (noun) (sumo term) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)
  5. (noun) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれはそれを見みたはずがない。

    He cannot have seen it.

  2. 彼女かのじょは宿題しゅくだいを終えおてしまったはずだ。

    She should have finished her homework by now.

  3. 君きみの力ちからをもってすれば、 難しいむずか仕事しごとではないはずだ。

    With your strength, it should not be a hard job.