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がんばる is an exact match with one form of the following word:
頑張る
BOOST
Reading : がんばる   
'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)
3. to remain in a place; to stick to one's post; to refuse to budge
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 2 (among the 1,500 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 143,483 which gives a rank of 1,577
頑張る is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 17,000 (about 38,200,000 results)
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 297 (see iKnow! collections)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 12348
• One of the 1240 words included in the Genki textbooks
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 23 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
しごと
仕事
がんば
頑張
ろう

Let's work hard.
かれ
がんば
頑張
った
なに
たっせい
達成
でき
出来
なかった

He tried hard, but achieved nothing.
ビル
ふと
らない
よう
がんば
頑張
っている

Bill is really fighting the battle of the bulge.
がんばる
BOOST
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 30% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 30,000 (about 20,300,000 results)
• Wikipedia most common 20000 words rank: 13173
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 23 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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ガン    stubborn   
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ゲン   ガン   origin; original   もと origin   
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ニ   ふた    ふた two   
legs
ページ page, leaf of a book   
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whereupon one
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katakana 'no'; whereupon; splitting away from
イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
かい shellfish   
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katakana 'ha'; eight
ボク   モク   eye   ま-    め    
チョウ   は to stretch   
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チョウ   なが long   
キュウ   ゆみ a bow   
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