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がんばる
Meanings
Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)
1. to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
Here, use this and do your best!
2. to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
3. to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge
Alt. forms
頑がん張ばる
79%
がんばる
20%
Pitch accent
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Top 4000
Conjugations...Used in: 2453
Examples (89 in total)
I heard you did your best.
Anyway, I did my best.
I'll try my best.
Everyone was doing their best.
Try harder.
My hard work paid off.
I will work harder from now on.
You are working hard for your dream, aren't you?
I have to work hard too!
Can you hold on a little longer?
Here, use this and do your best!
She kept on trying hard.
They work very hard.
From now on, try harder.
I see, then let's do our best together.
I always study hard.
Is it worth the effort?
Heh, you do your best too.
Did you study hard in high school?
Why don't you try a little harder?
I feel like I could keep going as long as it takes.
Well, go ahead and try as hard as you can.
Good luck with your stage practice!
I intend to do my best.
You did great. Good work.
Everyone is working so hard, aren't they?
Just a little more effort, hang in there.
Good luck with the town's reconstruction.
I'll do my best as the club advisor.
I will do my best so that I can overcome it.
You did a great job in such a short time.
I will do my best so that I can keep up!
So, just hang in there a bit longer.
You should study harder.
Then, do your best to guard this place.
When I really want to learn something, I work hard at it.
Let's do our best at our work as teachers.
Even if I try my best, thirty points is about the most I'll get.
Now, I'm going to work hard at the harvest.
I would like to continue working hard from now on.
You need to work harder.
The hurdle is high, but I have no choice but to do my best.
I'll do my best not to hold you back!
The shop has only just opened, so let's do our best!
My children try hard to get up early.
So, let's try our best until the very last minute.
If you study hard, you'll pass the exam.
I'll do my best to bring good fortune.
Do your best during this limited period.
Well then, everyone, please do your best.
He tried hard but failed again.
I thought I had been doing my best up to now, though.
Work harder if you plan to succeed.
You're really a hard worker.
She tried hard to express herself well.
Now that the dress is decided, I have to do my best with the musical performance too.
He tried hard, but achieved nothing.
He should have worked harder.
But it's fine for now, so do your best during the performance.
All of the maintenance staff will do our best.
If you try hard, you might still be able to avoid being late.
I don't know how useful it will be, but I'll do my best.
He'll never achieve anything unless he works harder.
Back then, I was working hard almost every night, you know.
Even though I tried my best, in the end I failed.
Tom is working hard to improve his French.
If I'm to become a regular, I have to work twice as hard as the rest.
Arnie, can you hold on until help comes?
I think that if that child tries hard, the mystery itself will be solved.
When I think summer vacation is only a week away, I can keep working hard.
I study math harder than you do.
When I see someone working hard, I want to help them.
I advised Tom to study harder.
Therefore, from now on, I must work harder than ever before.
If he had worked harder, he could have succeeded.
If he had studied harder, he would have passed the exam.
With your mother in the hospital, you'll have to work harder.
I worked hard at housework to reduce my older brother's burden even a little.
But with the kid to think about, I figured I'd keep at it here for the time being.
I leisurely watch the club members who are working hard to recruit new members.
I'll do my best to be there by 2:30.
So, make sure you work hard to improve that score next year.
With that single-mindedness, I have been working desperately hard until now.
I will study cameras properly and do my best to take good photos.
If you're to do well in school, you must study hard.
Only those who have plans to go abroad need to do their best.
I also want to do my best to play a part in that.
We must work hard to make up for lost time.
Now that we have come this far, I intend to do my best as an assistant until the very end.