来きたるべき

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Meanings

noun-modifying (irregular)

Prenominal modifier meaning 'that is to come' or 'expected in the near future'. Often used in formal or written contexts to refer to upcoming events, eras, or people.

来きたるべき選せん挙きょに備そなえて準じゅん備びを進すすめている。
We are making preparations for the coming election.
来きたるべき時じ代だいの変へん化かを見み据すえた政せい策さくが必ひつ要ようだ。
We need policies that anticipate the coming changes of the era.

Kanji

来come, due, next

Related words

来きたる
来たる is a verb or prenominal meaning 'to come' or 'next (e.g., 来たる日曜日)'. 来るべき is the attributive form of 来る with the auxiliary べき, emphasizing expectation or inevitability.
来くる
来る is the basic verb 'to come'. 来るべき uses the classical attributive form 来る (きたる) and adds べき to express 'should come' or 'expected to come'.

Written forms

来きたるべき
Standard kanji spelling; the reading きたるべき is unambiguous here.
来きたるべき
Variant spelling with 来たる; slightly more formal or emphatic, but interchangeable in practice.

Etymology

From the classical attributive form 来る (きたる) of the verb 来 (く) 'to come', combined with the auxiliary べき (beki) indicating expectation or obligation. The form 来たるべき explicitly includes the okurigana たる.