きたい
expectation, anticipation
Months counted off, and somebody stood outside the temple waiting through every one of them. Everybody has decided in advance how this goes. Key き in one hand, tie たい straightened: きたい.
期待する is to expect in the hopeful sense. 予想 よそう is a flat prediction with no hope in it.
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