はず

auxiliary筈はず · hazu

1. Englishshould (be); bound (to be); expected (to be); must (be)

   • 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.

2. Englishnock (of a bow)

3. Englishnock (of an arrow)

4. Englishnock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger)

5. Englishwooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out

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