がんばる

頑張る

to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best

N5Common wordGodan verb (ru ending)
Godan verb (ru ending), Intransitive verb
to persevereto persistto keep at itto hang onto hold outto do one's best
Godan verb (ru ending), Intransitive verb
to insist thatto stick to (one's opinion)
Godan verb (ru ending), Intransitive verb
to remain in a placeto stick to one's postto refuse to budge

Conjugations

Present辞書形
頑張る(がんばる)
Negativeない形
頑張らない(がんばらない)
Pastた形
頑張った(がんばった)
Past Negativeなかった形
頑張らなかった(がんばらなかった)
Te-formて形
頑張って(がんばって)

Example Sentences

明日雨のようだががんばろう。

It looks like rain tomorrow, but I'll try my best.

やり残すことがないように頑張るぞ。

I'll do my best to have nothing left to do!

彼女は不利な環境に合ってがんばった。

She bore up well under unfavorable circumstances.

万一失敗しても、もう一度がんばります。

Should I fail, I would try again.

(ぼく)には分かっているトムはがんばれるさ。

Tom can hang tough, I am sure.