Meaning
Shows a logical expectation: the speaker believes something should be true for known reasons.
Formation
- Modifying form + はずです: 着いたはずです, 静かなはずです, Nの + はずです
When to use it
- Core use
- Should be so, by logic
Example
田中さんはもう家に着いたはずです
Tanaka should have arrived home already.
Important notes
- Pay attention to the word form before the construction and to the particles around it.
Common mistakes
- Do not translate the pattern word for word; first identify its function in the whole situation.