はず

はず · hazu · JLPT N4 · noun

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sounds like has to: it hazu be so

Hazu sits close to the English has to. Use it when logic or a plan tells you something ought to be true: the train has to arrive at 3, so it hazu arrive at 3. It marks an expectation you reasoned out, not a wish or a duty.

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