Meaning of Gambaru | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A town in Borno, Nigeria.
2. Perseverance even with the hardest of tasks, in the context of Japanese culture.
   uncountable

Examples

“A pickup loaded with Chadian troops crosses the bridge into Gambaru to reinforce their peers locked in an hours-long heavy exchange of gunfire with Boko Haram fighters.”

“In January, Boko Haram struck Fotokol, a Cameroonian town separated by only a bridge from Gambarou^([sic]), Nigeria, a stronghold of the Islamist extremists. The attackers killed more than 400 people.”

“The do-or-die mentality gambaru permeates Japanese society, where the pursuit of a goal can carry more significance than the outcome.”

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