to work hard and do one's best to achieve a goal / to strive unrelentingly in the face of difficulty, to persevere

conjunctive form of 頑張る (ganbaru) [godan] / do your best, good luck, keep at it, don't give up, hang in there

(imperative, exhortation) do your best, good luck, hang in there, come on, don't give up, keep going

indicates that something undesirable was done or happened

to close / to finish, do something completely / to put away, to put an end to / is, or was (with conjugation), done completely / happens, or happened, unexpectedly / is done with difficulty

traditional folk song of Amami / (more broadly) traditional folk song of Okinawa

To do something completely (unintentionally); cannot help doing

used in response to a failure or mistake: dang, shoot, darn it

sister city

examination, exam, test / quiz