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おばあさんはさむい
なか
中
でとてもがんばっていました。
The old lady worked very hard in the cold.
Readings
This example is used in the following reading in the Reading Corner:
あたたかい
しんねん
新年
  A Heartwarming New Year by Natalie Rees
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Conjugations and inflections
  がんばっていました is the polite past form of the progressive form of 'ru' godan verb がんばる   ALL INFLECTIONS
Words
お ば あ さ ん 2
Most common form: おバーさん
noun
1. grandmother  (see also: 祖母さん; usu. お祖母さん; often written with kana only)
2. old woman; female senior citizen  (see also: 婆さん; usu. お婆さん; often written with kana only)
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さ む い 2
Most common form: 寒い
1. cold (e.g. weather)  (opposite: 暑い)
2. uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull; weak; corny  (see also: お寒い)
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な か 1
noun
1. inside; in
2. among; within
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と て も 0 と て も 3
1. very; awfully; exceedingly  (とっても is more emphatic; often written with kana only)
2. (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)  (before a negative form; often written with kana only)
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が ん ば る 3
Most common form: 頑張る
'ru' godan verb, intransitive verb
1. to persevere; to persist; to keep at it; to hang on; to hold out; to do one's best
2. to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion)
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Kanji
中
チュウ   ジュウ   なか middle   
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口
コウ   ク   くち mouth   
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丨
stick   
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