頑張る
Kana: がんばる
to keep at it; to persist
Example sentence
毎日運動を頑張ると体にいいです。
まいにちうんどうをがんばるとからだにいいです。
Persisting with exercise every day is good for your body.
What 頑張る means
頑張る (がんばる) is a Japanese word meaning “to keep at it; to persist”. It belongs to the Actions & Verbs topic and appears at Level 2, so it is one of the words worth learning early when you study Japanese.