How do you say "Optimistic" in Japanese??

It's not easy to retain vocabulary and expressions when you're studying a language, and it's especially difficult to get words out on the spot when you're having conversations. I hope these weekly posts could be good practice for your Japanese studies!!

The question for today is: How do you say "Optimistic" in Japanese?? 


The answer is...












前向き [Maemuki]

前 [Mae] means forward

向き [Muki] means direction, or to face a certain direction

前向きな人 [Maemuki na Hito] means a positive person

You can also say ポジティブ [Pojitibu] literally meaning positive just like in English. 



Writer's note: I consider myself negative, and it's definitely not something to be proud of, but I feel like negative people do well in terrible situations since they always consider the worst-case scenario. That being said, I am terrified of AI taking over the world. Please help.