楽観的

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
らく > らっ
Grade: 2
かん
Grade: 4
てき
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
樂觀的 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From 楽観 (rakkan, optimism) +‎ (-teki, -ic).

Pronunciation

Adjective

(らっ)(かん)(てき) (rakkantekiらくくわんてき (rakukwanteki)?-na (adnominal (らっ)(かん)(てき) (rakkanteki na), adverbial (らっ)(かん)(てき) (rakkanteki ni))

  1. optimistic
    Synonym: 楽天的 (rakutenteki)
    Antonyms: 悲観的 (hikanteki), 厭世的 (enseiteki)
    • 1949, 永井隆, 長崎の鐘, 青空文庫:
      将来(しょうらい)どうなるかという(てん)については軽々(かるがる)しく判定(はんてい)できないが、(わたし)はかなり楽観的(らっかんてき)で、()(ひと)ごとに()(あと)(かえ)って(いえ)()てよと(すす)めている。
      Shōrai dō naru ka to iu ten ni tsuite wa karugarushiku hantei dekinai ga, watashi wa kanari rakkanteki de, au hito goto ni yakeato ni kaette ie o tateyo to susumete iru.
      I cannot make hasty judgments about what will happen in the future, but I am quite optimistic, and I encourage each person I meet to go back to the ruins and build a house.

Inflection

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN