Word details
べく
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word べく.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Auxiliary; Conjunction
in order to; for the purpose of
2
Auxiliary; Conjunction
must; should
Examples
書籍が学問に従うべく、学問が書籍に従うべからず。
Books must follow sciences, and not sciences books.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
可
can, passable, approval
5 strokesFrequency 314JLPT N2Grade 5
On
カコク
Kun
-べ.き-べ.し
Nanori
よし
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