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JLPT N1 Grammar

べくして

N1Cause / Reason

N1 · Cause / Reason · verb辞書形 + べくして

as it was bound to happen

verb辞書形 + べくして

べくして means something happened not by chance but as an inevitable result of conditions or tendencies.

It often appears in evaluative expressions such as 起こるべくして起こった.

準備不足が続いていたため、失敗は起こるべくして起こった。

Because preparation had been insufficient, the failure happened as it was bound to.

Do not use it for ordinary cause; it emphasizes inevitability.

When all conditions point to one result, use べくして.

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