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〜てしかるべき: only natural; ought to be

N1 · 09 Emphasis and feeling

Says something should be so, considering the circumstances.

Verb or adjective te-form + しかるべき: 評価されてしかるべきだ, 怒ってしかるべきだ. Also しかるべき + noun means appropriate (しかるべき手続き). Formal. Stronger than 〜べきだ about what is natural or deserved.

Examples

Having put in this much effort, you ought to be valued more.

It was a situation in which the victims had every right to be angry.

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