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JLPT N1na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

悲ひ観かん的てき

hikanteki

pessimistic, gloomy

Example sentences

  1. そんな悲観的ひかんてきになるなよ。

    Don’t be so pessimistic.

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  2. 悲観的ひかんてきな人生観じんせいかんを捨すてよう。

    Let go of your negative outlook on life.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは物事ものごとを悲観的ひかんてきに見みる傾向けいこうがある。

    She has a tendency to look on the dark side of things.

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Kanji in 悲観的

  • 悲grieve; sadOnヒKunかなしい・かなしむ
  • 観outlook; lookOnカンKunみる・しめす
  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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