unbecoming; that should never be

まじき means an action is unforgivable for someone in a certain role. Use the form "noun に あるまじき" or attach まじき to a verb's dictionary form before a noun. It is formal and condemns behavior as utterly improper.

Examples

• それは教師きょうしにあるまじき行為こういだ。

  Sore wa kyoushi ni aru majiki koui da.

  That is conduct unbecoming of a teacher.

• 許ゆるすまじき罪つみを犯おかした。

  Yurusu majiki tsumi o okashita.

  He committed an unforgivable crime.

Vocabulary in these examples

• それ that

Related patterns · Formal and literary

• 〜をもって with; by means of; as of
• 〜にあって in; at; under (a situation)
• 〜とあって because (a special situation)
• 〜べからず must not; do not (prohibition)
• 〜ごとし like; as if
• 〜に難くない not hard to; easy to