Meaning & usage
べからず is a written, formal way to say something must not be done, often seen on signs or in set phrases, attaching to the dictionary form of a verb. Its attributive form べからざる attaches before a noun, as in 欠くべからざる, meaning something is indispensable.
Example sentences 8
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彼は、このチームには欠くべからざる選手であると思わないか。
Don't you think he's an indispensable player for this team?
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水は生きるうえで欠くべからざるものだ。
Water is essential to life.
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その混乱実に名状すべからず。
The confusion beggars description.
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ここにゴミを捨てるべからず。
Don't throw trash here.
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働かざるものは食うべからず。
If you don't work, you shouldn't eat.
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このドアの先へ進むべからず。
You can't go beyond this door.
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ここにゴミ捨てるべからず。
No dumping rubbish here!
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働かざるもの食うべからず。
One who does not work should not eat.