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悲観 (ひかん): pessimism, disappointment — Japanese vocabulary

悲観 is read ひかん and means "pessimism, disappointment". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

悲観

Reading
ひかん · hikan
Translation
pessimism, disappointment
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
ひかんが

Example

彼女は悲観する傾向がある。

かのじょはひかんするけいこうがある。

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

Kanji in this word

  • 悲 — Grieve, Sad, Deplore
  • 観 — observe, view

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