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, also romanized as '''''', is a Japanese word which roughly means to slog on tenaciously through tough times.

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Instance of
Japanese verb
Country of origin
Japan
Image
Chinju Hikawa Jinja.JPG
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language of work or name
Japanese
native label
がんばる

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, also romanized as '''''', is a Japanese word which roughly means to slog on tenaciously through tough times.

The word is often translated as "doing one's best", but in practice, it means doing more than one's best. The word emphasizes "working with perseverance" or "toughing it out".

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “ganbaru” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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