JLPT N4 vocabulary
頑張る: meaning, reading and conjugation
Reading and pitch accent
がんばる3Nakadaka · falls inside
Godan verb (u-verb)
Meaning
- to persevere, to persist, to keep at it, to hang on, to hold out, to do one's best
- to insist that, to stick to (one's opinion)
- to remain in a place, to stick to one's post, to refuse to budge
Conjugation
| Form | Affirmative | Negative |
|---|---|---|
| Basics | ||
| Plain present辞書形 · ない形 | 頑張る | 頑張 |
| Plain pastた形 · なかった形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Polite presentます形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Polite pastました形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Te-formて形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Conditions and moods | ||
| If (-ba)ば形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| If / when (-tara)たら形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Let’s / will意向形 | 頑張 | —not in common use |
| Want toたい形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Command / don’t命令形 · 禁止形 | 頑張 | 頑張る |
| Can · passive · causative | ||
| Can (potential)可能形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Passive受身形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Make / let使役形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
| Be made to使役受身形 | 頑張 | 頑張 |
Example sentences
私たちは二人切りで頑張ってきました。
We did our best, just the two of us.
どんなに頑張っても英語が上手になりません。
No matter how hard I try I'm not getting good at English.
頑張った甲斐があって、3キロも痩せたんだ。
Doing one's best has its rewards: I lost as many as three kilograms.