[おもい, omoi] (n) thought; mind; heart; feelings; emotion; sentiment; love; affection; desire; wish; hope; expectation; imagination; experience; (P) #159
[よてい, yotei] (n, vs) plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation; estimate; (P) #635
[あん, an] (n, n-suf) (1) idea; plan; thought; (2) (See 原案) draft plan; motion; rough copy; (3) expectation; (P) #1442
[きたい, kitai] (n, vs) expectation; anticipation; hope; (P) #2369
[よそう, yosou] (n, vs, adj-no) expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture; (P) #3621
[わりあい, wariai] (adv, n) (1) rate; ratio; percentage; proportion; (2) comparatively; (3) contrary to expectations; (P) #6079
[あて, ate] (n) (1) aim; object; purpose; end; (2) expectations; prospects; hopes; (3) something that can be relied upon; (n-suf) (4) pad; guard; (n-suf, n-pref) (5) blow; strike; (P) #6421
[みこみ, mikomi] (n) (1) hope; promise; possibility; chance; probability; likelihood; (2) expectation; anticipation; forecast; estimate; (3) (See 見付・みつけ・2) side of a structural member; (P) #6602
[のぞみ, nozomi] (n) (1) wish; desire; hope; (2) prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes; (P) #10516
[はず, hazu] (n) (1) (uk) expectation that something took place, will take place or was in some state; it should be so; bound to be; expected to be; must be; (2) nock (of a bow); (3) nock (of an arrow); (4) (See はず押し・はずおし) nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger) (Sumo); (5) wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out; (P) #14425
[おもわく, omowaku] (n, adj-no) (1) expectation; prediction; forecast; (2) anticipation; speculation; (P) #17591
[あにはからんや, anihakaranya] (exp) contrary to one's expectations; to one's surprise
[nodesu (P); noda (P); ndesu ; nda] (exp) the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; it is that ...; (P)
[あんにそういして, annisouishite] (adv) contrary to one's expectations
[きぼうにそう, kibounisou] (exp, v5u) to meet someone's requirements; to meet expectations; to go along with what somebody wants
[きたいにかなう, kitainikanau] (exp, v5u) to live up to (one's) expectations
[きたいかん, kitaikan] (n) feeling of expectation; (P)
[きたいち, kitaichi] (n) the expectation value (statistics)
[むなざんよう;むねざんよう, munazanyou ; munezanyou] (n, vs) (1) making a rough estimate in one's head; (2) expectation; anticipation
[くんろく, kunroku] (n) ozeki ranked sumo wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank
[みこし, mikoshi] (n, adj-f) (1) anticipation; expectation; (n) (2) looking over (e.g. a fence)
[ごうりてききたいかせつ, gouritekikitaikasetsu] (n) rational expectations hypothesis
[ごうりてききたいけいせいかせつ, gouritekikitaikeiseikasetsu] (n) (See 合理的期待仮説) rational expectations hypothesis
[おもいがけない, omoigakenai] (adj-i) unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual; (P)
[おもいきや, omoikiya] (exp) contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
[おもいもかけない, omoimokakenai] (adj-i) (See 思いがけない) unexpected; contrary to expectations; unforeseen
[おもうつぼ, omoutsubo] (n) (1) one's wishes; one's expectations; (2) just as expected
[しょき, shoki] (n, adj-no, vs) expected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
[しょくぼう, shokubou] (n, vs) (having great) expectation; pinning one's hopes on; (P)
[こころまち, kokoromachi] (n, vs) anticipation; expectation; (P)
[ひとまちがお, hitomachigao] (adj-na, n) look of expectation
[そうていがい, souteigai] (adj-no, n) beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
[ぞんがい, zongai] (adj-na, adv, n) beyond or contrary to expectations
[てきおうてききたい, tekioutekikitai] (n) adaptive expectations
[そう, sou] (v5u) (1) (See 沿う) to meet (one's expectations, etc.); to satisfy; to comply with; (2) to accompany; to stay by one's side; (3) (esp. 添う) to marry; to wed; (4) (esp. 添う) to be added; (P)
[あてがはずれる, ategahazureru] (exp, v1) to be contrary to one's expectations
[あてごと, ategoto] (n) hopes; expectations; guessing
[ききしにまさる, kikishinimasaru] (exp, v5r) to a greater extent than one has heard; going beyond one's expectations
[へいきんち, heikinchi] (n) average value; mean value; mean; expectation
[もくさん, mokusan] (n, vs) expectations; anticipation; calculation; estimate; plan
[よき, yoki] (n, vs) expectation; assume will happen; forecast; (P)