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楽観主義

Reading

Kana: らっかんしゅぎ
Romaji: rakkanshugi
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Definition

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optimism

Kanji

Readings: ガク、 ラク、 ゴウ、 たの.しい、 たの.しむ、 この.む
Meanings: music, comfort, ease
Readings: カン、 み.る、 しめ.す
Meanings: outlook, look, appearance, condition, view
Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ
Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
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Meanings: righteousness, justice, morality, honor, loyalty, meaning

Example Sentences

(わたし)交互(こうご)楽観(らっかん)主義(しゅぎ)になったり悲観(ひかん)主義(しゅぎ)になる。
➥I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.
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しかしこの期待(きたい)(だい)()()世界(せかい)大戦(たいせん)(はじ)まったとき、(たん)なる楽観(らっかん)主義(しゅぎ)表明(ひょうめい)()ぎなかったことが(あき)らかとなった。
➥That proved to be no more than an expression of optimism when World War II began.
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楽観(らっかん)主義者(しゅぎしゃ)(かがみ)をのぞきこんでますます楽天的(らくてんてき)に、悲観論者(ひかんろんしゃ)はますます悲観的(ひかんてき)になる。
➥The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.
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