~ねばならない (must, formal)

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The formal obligation pattern ~ねばならない, a literary/stiff variant of ~なければならない. Both mean 'must do X,' but ~ねば has a more written, formal, or old-fashioned tone. Formed from the classical negative ~ぬ in its conditional form.

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