所期|しょきshoki[1]atamadaka (head-high)
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Definitions
- no-adjective, suru verb, transitive verbexpected; anticipated; hoped for; expectation
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 所期する（しょきする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 所期します（しょきします） |
| Negative (nai) | 所期しない（しょきしない） |
| polite (masen) | 所期しません（しょきしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 所期せず・所期せぬ（しょきせず・しょきせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 所期した（しょきした） |
| polite (mashita) | 所期しました（しょきしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 所期しなかった（しょきしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 所期しませんでした（しょきしませんでした） |
| Te form | 所期して（しょきして） |
| Potential | 所期できる（しょきできる） |
| Passive | 所期される（しょきされる） |
| Causative | 所期させる（しょきさせる） |
| Causative passive | 所期させられる（しょきさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 所期すれば（しょきすれば） |
| tara | 所期したら（しょきしたら） |
| Volitional | 所期しよう（しょきしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 所期しましょう（しょきしましょう） |
| Imperative | 所期しろ（しょきしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym期待きたいNeutralThe most general word for expecting or looking forward to something; 「所期」 is a written word for purposes or results one expects in advance.
- Synonym予想よそうNeutralPredicting how something will turn out, as in 「予想通り」; it is guesswork, not a goal set in advance.
- Synonym予期よきWrittenWritten word for anticipating in advance, common in 「予期せぬ事態」; it stresses foreseeing, while 「所期」 stresses hoping for achievement.
- Synonym期するきするWrittenWritten; to resolve on or expect something, as in 「必勝を期する」; it leans toward firm resolve.
- Related予測よそくNeutralProjecting the future from data, experience or conditions, as in 「需要予測」; 「所期」 is a hope, not a projection.
- Related見込みみこみNeutralProspects or an estimate, as in 「見込みがある」; it centers on how likely something is to happen.
- Related望むのぞむNeutralTo wish or desire, as in 「平和を望む」; common in daily use, while 「所期」 is written and means a goal expected in advance.
- Related待望たいぼうWrittenWritten; eagerly awaiting something long desired, as in 「待望の新作」; the emphasis is on the waiting.
- Related楽しみたのしみNeutralColloquial; something one looks forward to, as in 「楽しみにしている」; the emphasis is on the pleasure.
- Related要望ようぼうWrittenWritten; a request or demand made to others, as in 「要望書」; about asking, not one's own hopes.
- Related見込むみこむNeutralTo factor something into one's estimates or rate someone as promising, as in 「才能を見込む」.
- Related願うねがうNeutralTo pray for or request something, as in 「お願いします」; it leans toward pleading.
- Related当て込むあてこむNeutralColloquial; to count on something for gain, as in 「客を当て込む」; it carries a calculating nuance.
- Related待ちかねるまちかねるNeutralColloquial; to be unable to wait any longer, as in 「待ちかねた」; the emphasis is on impatience.
- Related待ち焦がれるまちこがれるNeutralColloquial; to long intensely for something with deep feeling, as in 「春を待ち焦がれる」.
- Related想望そうぼうWrittenWritten and rare; yearning for something one admires and longs for from afar.
- Related翹望ぎょうぼうFormalFormal and very rare; an archaic word for eagerly awaiting something.
In written prose, 「所期」 refers to purposes or results one expects in advance, as in 「所期の目的を達成する」. For everyday expectation use 「期待」, and for prediction use 「予想」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 心の中で期待すること。
Kanji in this word
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