Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. expectation; assume will happen; forecast
Kanji used
in advance
period (of time)
Pitch accent
Top 10800
Composed of
I; me
period; time; opportunity; chance; age; term (e.g. in office); session (e.g. of parliament)
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
unexpected; unforeseen
unexpected (e.g. results); unforeseen; unanticipated
Examples (8 in total)
I didn't expect that question.
An unexpected result came about.
I expect him to come.
We met with an unexpected difficulty.
Accidents will happen when they are least expected.
The economist instinctively anticipated the current depression.
Thanks to his efforts, it was more successful than we had expected.
Of all the possible reasons, he chose the least expected one.