Etymograph

English

gambaru

Gambaru comes from Japanese 頑張る ‘work hard, do one's best’.

  1. Japanesemodern頑張るganbaru‘work hard, do one's best’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020gambaru

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

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  1. Japanesemodern頑張るganbaru‘work hard, do one's best’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2020gambaru

Earliest quotation: 2020, Kaori Enjoji, ‘Do or die’ mentality brings Japanese PM Shinzo Abe to the b: “The do-or-die mentality gambaru permeates Japanese society, where the…”

Every English word from Japanese 頑張る

Today it means

noun Perseverance even with the hardest of tasks, in the context of Japanese culture.

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Etymograph / Japanese 頑張る / gambaru

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