はず

should (be)

N4 #3,182

Meanings

also 筈

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

はず · ハズ also 巴豆

  1. noun, usually in kana purging croton (Croton tiglium)

In sentences

彼かれはずっと忙いそがしい。 He has been busy. #113377

私わたしはずっと忙いそがしい。 I have been busy. #160517

彼かれらはずっと忙いそがしい。 They have been busy. #98021

彼女かのじょはずっと泣ないていた。 She kept crying all the time. #92706

今週こんしゅうはずっと働はたらいていた。 I worked all this week. #172378

今週こんしゅうはずっと大変たいへん忙いそがしい。 I have been very busy this week. #172380

2月つき27日ひはずっと暇ひまよ。 On February 27th, I'll be free all day. #13082970

彼女かのじょはずっと寝ねていました。 She lay in bed all the time. #92703