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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: 2785220 せねばならない 1. ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
  ⇐ 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: 2210120 ねばなるまい 1. ought to (verb); should (verb)
  ⇐ see: 2098150 無くてはならない【なくてはならない】 2. have to do



History:
8. A 2023-02-25 20:37:17  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7. A* 2023-02-25 15:25:28  dom <...address hidden...>
  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>
6. A 2019-04-14 16:10:09  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
They're very useful for text glossing.
5. A* 2019-04-14 12:15:22  Johan Råde <...address hidden...>
  Comments: 
Do we really need the ～ません forms?
Aren't they implied by the ～ない forms?
4. A 2018-08-03 05:25:52  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs: 
なければならない	15755700
無ければならない	11716
  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.
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