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How to verbalize "should have" in the given example below.

I should have ordered chicken (Because the fish I ordered is terrible)

There are 2 ways that I can think of and the is　鶏肉を注文したはず or 鶏肉を注文するべき

But to me, these 2 sentences doesn't sound very right because if I explicitly say 魚がまずいので鶏肉を注文はず, the はず part just doesn't fit the bill (does not sound right). The question is, is there a better word to use in such a situation?

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  • Related or duplicate: japanese.stackexchange.com/q/73257/9831 / japanese.stackexchange.com/q/30188/9831
    – chocolate ♦
    Commented Apr 7, 2020 at 13:52
  • @Chocolate Definitely answered the question. Cheers。Just to add, is it possible to use たら良かった rather then すれば良かった？ たら良かった sounds right to me too but I might be wrong
    – Newbie
    Commented Apr 7, 2020 at 15:21
  • 注文すればよかった、注文したらよかった both sound fine. したらよかった sounds more colloquial.
    – chocolate ♦
    Commented Apr 7, 2020 at 16:19

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