がんば
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
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
Pitch accent
んば
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Examples (34 in total)
Try harder.
Anyway, I did my best.
I'll try my best.
They work very hard.
From now on, try harder.
Can you hold on a little longer?
I always study hard.
Is it worth the effort?
Did you study hard in high school?
Why don't you try a little harder?
I'm studying very hard.
You should study harder.
When I really want to learn something, I work hard at it.
My children try hard to get up early.
If you study hard, you'll pass the exam.
He tried hard but failed again.
Work harder if you plan to succeed.
You're really a hard worker.
She tried hard to express herself well.
He should have worked harder.
He tried hard, but achieved nothing.
He'll never achieve anything unless he works harder.
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 study math harder than you do.
I advised Tom to study harder.
If he had worked harder, he could have succeeded.
With your mother in the hospital, you'll have to work harder.
If he had studied harder, he would have passed the exam.
I'll do my best to be there by 2:30.
If you're to do well in school, you must study hard.
We must work hard to make up for lost time.