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There are 17 total results for your optimism search.

Characters Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

楽天

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 rakuten
    らくてん
optimism; (given name) Rakuten; (o) Rakuten (Japanese Internet and information conglomerate)

楽観

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 rakkan
    らっかん
(noun, transitive verb) (ant: 悲観) optimism; taking an optimistic view

楽天観

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 rakutenkan
    らくてんかん
(ant: 厭世観) optimistic view of life; optimism

楽天論

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 rakutenron
    らくてんろん
(See 楽天主義) optimism

楽観論

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 rakkanron
    らっかんろん
optimism

一喜一憂

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 ikkiichiyuu / ikkichiyu
    いっきいちゆう
(n,vs,vi) (yoji) alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

楽天主義

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 rakutenshugi
    らくてんしゅぎ
optimism

楽観主義

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 rakkanshugi
    らっかんしゅぎ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) optimism

樂觀主義


乐观主义

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lè guān zhǔ yì
    le4 guan1 zhu3 yi4
le kuan chu i
optimism

プラス思考

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 purasushikou / purasushiko
    プラスしこう
(ant: マイナス思考) positive thinking; optimism

オプチミズム

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 opuchimizumu
    オプチミズム
optimism

楽観バイアス

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 rakkanbaiasu
    らっかんバイアス
optimism bias

オプティミズム

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 oputimizumu
    オプティミズム
optimism

Variations:
底抜け
底ぬけ

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 sokonuke
    そこぬけ
(adj-no,n) (1) bottomless (bucket, etc.); (adj-na,adj-no,n) (2) unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; extreme; uninhibited; (adj-no,n) (3) imprudent; indiscreet; undisciplined; careless; (4) (abbreviation) (See 底抜け上戸) extremely heavy drinker; (5) {finc} freefall (of a market)

Variations:
ぐいぐい
グイグイ

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 guigui; guigui
    ぐいぐい; グイグイ
(adv,adv-to,vs) (1) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) without hesitation; with great optimism; vigorously; with great vigor; positively; (adv,adv-to,vs) (2) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (pushing or pulling) strongly; (adv,adv-to,vs) (3) (onomatopoeic or mimetic word) (drinking) heavily

Variations:
オプティミズム
オプチミズム

see styles
 oputimizumu; opuchimizumu
    オプティミズム; オプチミズム
optimism

Variations:
ポジティブシンキング
ポジティブ・シンキング

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 pojitibushinkingu; pojitibu shinkingu
    ポジティブシンキング; ポジティブ・シンキング
positive thinking; optimism

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

This page contains 17 results for "optimism" in Chinese and/or Japanese.



Information about this dictionary:

Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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Chinese Buddhist terms come from Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms by William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous. This is commonly referred to as "Soothill's'". It was first published in 1937 (and is now off copyright so we can use it here). Some of these definitions may be misleading, incomplete, or dated, but 95% of it is good information. Every professor who teaches Buddhism or Eastern Religion has a copy of this on their bookshelf. We incorporated these 16,850 entries into our dictionary database ourselves (it was lot of work).



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