楽らく天てん家か

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Common word

Meanings

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noun

optimist; easy-going person

Describes a person who habitually looks on the bright side and does not worry much. Often carries a positive, light-hearted tone.

彼かれはどんな状じょう況きょうでも前まえ向むきな楽らく天てん家かだ

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He is an optimist who stays positive in any situation.

楽らく天てん家かの彼かの女じょは、失しっ敗ぱいしてもすぐに気き持もちを切きり替かえる。

Being an easy-going person, she quickly bounces back even after a failure.

Usage patterns

生うまれつきの楽らく天てん家かa natural-born optimist
彼かれは生うまれつきの楽らく天てん家かで、いつも笑え顔がおでいる。
He's a natural-born optimist and always has a smile on his face.
〈人ひと〉は楽らく天てん家かだsomeone is an optimist
母ははは本ほん当とうに楽らく天てん家かで、失しっ敗ぱいしてもすぐに立たち直なおる。

Kanji

楽music, comfort, ease
天heavens, sky, imperial
家house, home, family

Related words

のんき者もの
呑気者 describes someone who is carefree and unhurried, while 楽天家 specifically emphasizes a habitually optimistic, positive outlook.

Opposites

心しん配ぱい性しょう
心配性 describes a person who worries about everything, the opposite disposition to a 楽天家 who rarely worries.

Don't confuse with

楽らく天てん的てきN1
楽天的 is the na-adjective meaning 'optimistic' (describing an attitude), while 楽天家 is the noun for the person who has that attitude.

Built from

楽らく天てん+家か

Etymology

Compound of 楽天 (optimism, from 楽 'comfort' and 天 'heaven') and 家 (person with a certain trait). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word has been used since the Meiji era to describe a person with an optimistic nature.

My mother is such an optimist that she bounces back quickly even after a failure.