Meaning & usage
べくして expresses that an outcome occurred exactly as fate, logic, or prior conditions dictated, often with a sense that it was inevitable. It attaches to the dictionary form of a verb, as in 優勝するべくして, and the same verb is repeated in the past tense, as in 優勝するべくして優勝した. It is formal and common in writing, and the verb before and after べくして must match to show the inevitable result.
Example sentences 7
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起こるべくして起こった事故だった。
It was an accident that was waiting to happen.
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あのチームは優勝するべくして優勝したと言えるだろう。
You could say that team won the championship exactly as they were destined to.
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経営があれだけ甘ければ、倒産するべくして倒産したのだ。
With management that sloppy, the company went under just as it was bound to.
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毎日練習していた彼がオリンピックで勝つべくして勝った。
Having trained every day, he won at the Olympics just as everyone expected.
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長く愛され、残るべくして残った店だ。
It is a long-loved shop that survived just as it was meant to.
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無理な計画は失敗するべくして失敗した。
The impossible plan failed just as it was bound to.
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古い橋は崩れるべくして崩れたのだ。
The old bridge collapsed just as it was bound to.
