To Persevere
To Do One's Best
intransitive verb, godan verb
張る is to stretch. You're stubborn and want to stretch out what you're doing right now. Although you're stubborn, you keep doing it. You persevere. That's why this word is to persevere or to do one's best.
The reading for this word is the reading for 頑 and 張る put together but the 張る part gets rendaku'd so keep that in mind.
「そのまま頑張って。あなたなら大丈夫よ。」
Hang in there, you can do this.
最近は、自分でシャツのボタンを掛けようと頑張っています。
Recently, he's been trying his best to button his shirts by himself.
医者から規則正しい生活をして規則正しく食事をするようアドバイスされたので、今頑張っているんです。
My doctor advised me to lead a regular life and eat regularly, so I'm working hard on that.