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楽観的 (rakkanteki) Japanese meaning: optimistic | Kotomora

楽らっ観かん的てき

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Common word›JLPTN1›

Meanings

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optimistic; hopeful

Describes a person, attitude, outlook, or prediction that expects good outcomes. Often used with な to modify nouns or だ/です to end sentences.

彼かれはいつも楽らっ観かん的てきだ。

He is always optimistic.

楽らっ観かん的てきな見み通とおしを立たてる。

Make an optimistic forecast.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を楽らっ観かん的てきに考かんがえるto think optimistically about something
彼かれは将しょう来らいを楽らっ観かん的てきに考かんがえている。
He thinks optimistically about the future.
〈事こと〉について楽らっ観かん的てきだto be optimistic about something
経けい済ざいの回かい復ふくについて楽らっ観かん的てきだ。
She is optimistic about the economic recovery.
楽らっ観かん的てきな見み方かたan optimistic view/perspective
この問もん題だいには楽らっ観かん的てきな見み方かたが必ひつ要ようだ。
An optimistic view is needed for this problem.
楽らっ観かん的てきな予よ測そくan optimistic prediction/forecast
専せん門もん家かは楽らっ観かん的てきな予よ測そくを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The expert released an optimistic forecast.

Kanji

楽music, comfort, ease
観outlook, look, appearance
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

楽らく天てん的てきN1
楽天的 usually describes a person's inherent, easygoing temperament, while 楽観的 more often describes an attitude or judgment toward a specific situation.
前まえ向むきN2
前向き means 'forward-looking/positive' in a broad, constructive sense, while 楽観的 more narrowly means expecting things to turn out well.
ポジティブN1
ポジティブ is a casual loanword for a positive mindset in general, whereas 楽観的 is a more formal, precise term for optimism about outcomes.
のんきN3
楽観的 is a formal, intellectual term for having an optimistic outlook, whereas 呑気 refers to a relaxed, carefree personal manner.
強つよ気きN2
楽観的 means optimistic in a general sense, while 強気 as a market term specifically predicts rising prices.

Opposites

悲ひ観かん的てきN1
楽観的 describes expecting good outcomes, while 悲観的 describes expecting bad outcomes.
ペシミスティック
楽観的 means optimistic, the opposite outlook from ペシミスティック's negative or gloomy view of things.
ニヒル
楽観的 describes a hopeful, positive outlook, the opposite of the cold, meaning-rejecting attitude conveyed by ニヒル.
シニカル
楽観的 describes an optimistic, hopeful outlook, the opposite of the distrustful, skeptical stance conveyed by シニカル.

Built from

楽らっ観かん+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 楽観 (optimism, from 楽 'comfort' + 観 'view') + 的 (adjectival suffix). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the word follows a common pattern for forming adjectival nouns from Sino-Japanese compounds.