ネガティブ

ねがてぃぶ
na-adjective, noun
negative; pessimistic; photographic negative
evaluation
1. negative; pessimistic; passive (attitude, outlook)
Pessimistic, unfavorable, or passive in attitude or thinking. The everyday sense, and the antonym of ポジティブ.
考(かんが)え方(かた)がネガティブだ。
His way of thinking is negative.
あまりネガティブにならないで。
Don't be so negative.
失敗(しっぱい)が続(つづ)くと、どうしてもネガティブになりがちだ。
When failures pile up, one tends to become negative.
2. photographic negative
A developed piece of film in which light and dark, and colors, are reversed. Often shortened to ネガ.
写真(しゃしん)のネガティブを保管(ほかん)する。
store the photographic negatives
ネガティブでは明暗(めいあん)が反転(はんてん)している。
In a negative, light and dark are reversed.
押(お)し入(い)れから古(ふる)いネガティブを見(み)つけ、スキャンして保存(ほぞん)した。
I found old negatives in the closet and scanned and saved them.

A loanword from English "negative."

Usage

  • Sense 1 (attitude) is by far the more common everyday use; its antonym is ポジティブ.
  • Sense 2 (photography) is frequently shortened to ネガ.

Similar words

Related Words

Compare: 消極的(しょうきょくてき) (passive, negative in attitude)
Compare: 否定的(ひていてき) (negative, disapproving)
Antonym: ポジティブ (positive)
Compare: 悲観的(ひかんてき) (pessimistic)
Related: ネガ (negative (film))
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