Illustration: In a Japanese community pottery workshop, a beginner sits at a wheel, carefully trying again to raise the walls of a small clay bowl. Several collapsed attempts sit on a nearby reclaim board, making the preceding difficulty visible.

JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

頑がん張ばる

ganbaru

to do one’s best, to keep trying

Example sentences

  1. 頑張がんばってはみたんだ。

    I tried hard.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 次つぎはもっと頑張がんばります。

    I’ll try harder next time.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 頑張がんばるしかない。

    All we can do is keep on trying our best.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 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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