Illustration: On the floor of a Japanese living room, a child carefully rebuilds a tall structure from small wooden blocks. Several collapsed arrangements remain nearby, and the child's flushed cheeks and damp fringe show how long the task has held their attention.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

頑がん張ばり

ganbari

effort, perseverance

Often appears in compounds such as 頑張り屋. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 頑張がんばり損そんだったな…。

    All that effort was for nothing...

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  2. トムって頑張がんばり屋やだと思おもう。

    I think Tom is hard-working.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 私わたしは持もち前まえの頑張がんばりの精神せいしんで難関なんかんを突破とっぱした。

    I got over the difficulty with my characteristic tenacity.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 頑張

  • 頑stubborn; foolishOnガンKunかたくな
  • 張counter for bows & stringed instruments; stretchOnチョウKunはる

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