jmdict 1632350 Active (id#2222816)
なければならない [spec1] なければなりません [spec1] なければいけない [spec1] なければいけません [sk] ねばならぬ [sk] ねばならない [sk] ねばなりません [sk] なければならぬ [sk] なけばならない [sk]
  1. [exp]
    • have to do
    • must
    • should
    • ought to
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2037145 無きゃ【なきゃ】 3. have to ...; must ...
    • ⇐ see: 2037140 無ければ【なければ】 3. have to ...; must ...
    • ⇐ see: 2576160 ざるべからず 1. must (do, be)
    • ⇐ see: 2142120 でなければならない 1. having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
    • ⇐ see: 2098150 無くてはならない【なくてはならない】 2. have to do
    • ⇐ see: 2210120 ねばなるまい 1. ought to (verb); should (verb)
    • ⇐ see: 2785220 せねばならない 1. ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
History:
    • A 2023-02-25 20:37:17 Jim Breen (id#2222816)
    • A* 2023-02-25 15:25:28 dom (id#2222787)
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
      
      なければならない	15755700	64.2%
      なければなりません	2903247	11.8%
      なければいけない	2578274	10.5%
      なければいけません	583781	2.4%
      ねばならぬ	320639	1.3%
      ねばならない	1511774	6.2%
      ねばなりません	365218	1.5%
      なければならぬ	517718	2.1%
      なけばならない	5639	0.0%
    • Diff
      @@ -17,0 +18 @@
      +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
      @@ -20,0 +22 @@
      +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
      @@ -23,0 +26 @@
      +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
      @@ -26,0 +30 @@
      +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
      @@ -29,0 +34 @@
      +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
      @@ -32,0 +38 @@
      +<re_inf>&sk;</re_inf>
    • A 2019-04-14 16:10:09 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      They're very useful for text glossing.
    • A* 2019-04-14 12:15:22 Johan Råde
    • Comments
      Do we really need the ~ません forms?
      Aren't they implied by the ~ない forms?
    • A 2018-08-03 05:25:52 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      I came across 無ければならない so I thought it possibly should be added. When I opened this entry I saw it would create an awful mess, so I thought I'd just add this note and creep away.
    • Refs
      なければならない	15755700
      無ければならない	11716
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