Where does “頑張る” come from?
頑張る (Japanese) comes from Japanese 眼張る, from Japanese 我に張る, from Japanese 我, from Old Japanese 我, from Old Japanese れ.
頑張る (Japanese): to work hard and do one's best to achieve a goal;...
Definitions
- to work hard and do one's best to achieve a goal;...
Ancestry of “頑張る”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Japanese | 眼張る | to keep watch on something, to stare at something |
| 2 | Japanese | 我に張る | — |
| 3 | Japanese | 我 | first person singular pronoun: I, me, oneself;... |
| 4 | Old Japanese | 我 | first-person personal pronoun: I, me;... |
| 5 | Old Japanese | れ | — |