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9課 モダリティ・推量
Speculation & certainty — はず, よう, らしい, そう, かもしれない
9課

〜はずがない

接続:ふつう形(な形は〜な、Nは〜の) + はずがない
Impossible… — strong negative based on reason: 'there is no reason for it to be so'.
注意 / Note:Different from 〜ないはずだ(shouldn't be…). はずがない is much stronger, almost completely refuted.
比較 / Compare:来ないはずだ(probably won't come)/来るはずがない(no way will come).
よく出る形 / Common form:あんなに〜のに、〜はずがない。
あんなにまじめな彼が、うそをつくはずがない。
He was so serious, he would never lie.
こんなに難しい問題、子どもに分かるはずがない。
This difficult lesson is impossible for children to understand.
彼女がそんなことを言うはずがありません。
She couldn't have said that.

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