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楽天的 (rakutenteki) Japanese meaning: optimistic | Kotomora

楽らく天てん的てき

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Common word›JLPTN1›Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

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Describes a person, attitude, or outlook that expects good outcomes and does not worry excessively.

彼かれはいつも楽らく天てん的てきで、あまり悩なやまない。

He is always optimistic and doesn't worry much.

楽らく天てん的てきな考かんがえ方かたは、時ときにリスクを見み落おとすこともある。

An optimistic way of thinking can sometimes overlook risks.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は楽らく天てん的てきな性せい格かくだsomeone has an optimistic personality
彼かれは楽らく天てん的てきな性せい格かくで、失しっ敗ぱいしてもすぐ元げん気きになる。
He has an optimistic personality and bounces back quickly even after failing.
楽らく天てん的てきに考かんがえるto think optimistically about something
先さきのことは楽らく天てん的てきに考かんがえるようにしている。
I try to think optimistically about the future.
楽らく天てん的てきな見み方かたをするto take an optimistic view (of something)
彼かの女じょは何なに事ごとにも楽らく天てん的てきな見み方かたをする人ひとだ。
She's the kind of person who takes an optimistic view of everything.

Kanji

楽music, comfort, ease
天heavens, sky, imperial
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

楽らっ観かん的てきN1
楽観的 focuses on expecting a good outcome in a specific situation, while 楽天的 describes a person's naturally carefree, easygoing disposition.
のんきN3
のんき describes a relaxed, unworried temperament in everyday behavior, while 楽天的 more specifically emphasizes a positive expectation that things will turn out well.

Opposites

悲ひ観かん的てきN1
悲観的 means pessimistic, expecting bad outcomes, the direct opposite of 楽天的's expectation of good outcomes.
ペシミスティック
楽天的 describes a naturally sunny, easygoing optimism, contrasting with the gloomy outlook of ペシミスティック.

Don't confuse with

楽らく天てん家か
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+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 楽天 (rakuten, 'optimism; easygoing nature') + 的 (-teki, '-like'). 楽天 itself is a Sino-Japanese word from 楽 ('comfort, ease') and 天 ('heaven, nature').