おもわく

おもわく 【思惑 】〖予期 〗expectation (!しばしば複数形で ) ; 【計算 】(a ) calculation ; 〖投機 〗｟やや書 ｠(a ) speculation .▸ 事業は思惑どおりには行かなかった Our business wasn't as good as we (had ) expected .Our business didn't come up to [didn't live up to, fell short of ] our expectations .▸ 日本株が上がるだろうという思惑が外れた We speculated that Japanese stocks would rise, but we were wrong .▸ 世間の思惑など気にするな Don't mind about what other people [others ] think (of you ).思惑買い [売り ]speculative buying [selling ].▸ 思惑買い [売り ]をする buy [sell ] 〘it 〙 as a speculation [｟英話 ｠ a spec ].