How to say "anticipation" in Japanese

• 期待きたいJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbAnticipation colored by hope—looking forward to something desired or expected to be good. Use it when the emotional side of anticipation, hopeful expectation, is what you want to express.
  とにかく万事ばんじうまくいくように期待きたいしよう。↗

  Let's hope for the best anyway.
• 予想よそうJLPT N1approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveAnticipation as prediction—forming an idea of how something will turn out before it does. Fits forecasts and guesses about results, outcomes, or future developments, with the emphasis on the guess, not the feeling.
  あなたはどんな結果けっかを予想よそうしていますか。↗

  What results do you anticipate?
• 思惑おもわくCommon
  nounAnticipation as someone's calculation about how things will turn out—expectations a person holds, often about market moves or other people's behavior. Rarely the natural choice for plain personal anticipation.
• 予期よきJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAnticipation as expecting something in advance—holding beforehand that an event will occur. Use it when the point is simply that something was expected ahead of time.
  ここでお目めに掛かかれるとは全然ぜんぜん予期よきしませんでした。↗

  I little expected to see you here.
• 心待ちこころまちCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAnticipation as eagerly and happily waiting for something pleasant, such as a visit or an occasion. The nuance is warm, heartfelt looking forward to what has yet to come.

Use 期待 for hopeful looking forward and 「心待ち」 for warm, eager awaiting of something pleasant; 予想 for predicting outcomes; 予期 for expecting something in advance; and 思惑 for people's calculations about how things will turn out.

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• 期待きたいexpectation
• 予想よそうexpectation
• 思惑おもわくexpectation
• 予期よきexpectation
• 心待ちこころまちanticipation
• 先見せんけんforesight
• 想定そうていhypothesis
• 心づもりこころづもりanticipation
• 見越しみこしanticipation
• アンティシペーションanticipation (tennis)
• 心当てこころあてa guess
• 心組みこころぐみpreparation
• 楽しみたのしみanticipation
• 先取りさきどりanticipation
• 見込みみこみexpectation
• 前駆ぜんくanticipation
• 目算もくさんexpectation
• お楽しみおたのしみanticipation
• 胸算用むなざんようexpectation