Meaning of 楽観主義 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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楽観主義
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Kana Readingらっかんしゅぎ
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Romajirakkanshugi
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- optimism
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Example Sentences
楽観主義, らっかんしゅぎ used in context
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I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.
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楽観主義者は鏡をのぞきこんでますます楽天的に、悲観論者はますます悲観的になる。
The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.
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しかしこの期待は第二次世界大戦が始まったとき、単なる楽観主義の表明に過ぎなかったことが明らかとなった。
That proved to be no more than an expression of optimism when World War II began.
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lord, chief, master, main thing, principal
On: シュ, ス, シュウ
Kun: ぬし, おも, あるじ
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