To Expect
To Anticipate
する verb, transitive verb
Hopefully you know the word 期待 by now (expectation). This is the verb version, which makes it to expect.
きたいする
The reading comes from the word 期待, so make sure you know that to know this one as well.
病気がちな体しつなので、あまり期待しないでください。
I'm quite susceptible to illness, so don't expect too much from me.
つまは、けっこん記念日にはおっとがみかんを買ってかえってくるものだと期待していた。
The wife was anticipating that her husband would come back with clementines on their anniversary.
今年は母親以外の女子からのバレンタインのチョコレートを期待しています。
I'm anticipating Valentine’s chocolate from girls other than my mother this year.