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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

期き待たい

N3
きたい kitai
  1. expectation
  2. anticipation
  3. hope
nounする verbtransitiveintransitive

Chinese meanings

期待;期望

Examples

  • とにかく万ばん事じうまくいくように期き待たいしよう。
    Let's hope for the best anyway.
    总之,希望一切顺利。
  • 彼かれは両りょう親しんの財ざい産さんを期き待たいしていた。
    He looked to his parents' property.
    他期待得到父母的财产。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('a4974412ed'); // 期待
{
  "id": "a4974412ed",
  "word": "期待",
  "reading": "きたい",
  "romaji": "kitai",
  "meanings": [
    "expectation",
    "anticipation",
    "hope"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "vs",
    "vt",
    "vi"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1220570,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "とにかく万事うまくいくように期待しよう。",
      "furigana": "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。",
      "en": "Let's hope for the best anyway.",
      "tatoeba_id": 200440
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は両親の財産を期待していた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{両親|りょうしん}の{財産|ざいさん}を{期待|きたい}していた。",
      "en": "He looked to his parents' property.",
      "tatoeba_id": 98969
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "c0e96b879439d4c3047375b8344fcc01eab00de6c0c96694878b778ec1c9bfc8",
    "meanings": [
      "期待",
      "期望"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "とにかく万事うまくいくように期待しよう。",
        "zh": "总之,希望一切顺利。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は両親の財産を期待していた。",
        "zh": "他期待得到父母的财产。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/a4974412ed",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1220570; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "7ba82a5f73b3d03164fea115994ea8b3e41db1e8a19118a63dde75062f55cc0b"
  }
}