gambaru - the spirit of japan

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By :

Annisa Rizky P.D

Rizqi Amelia

GAMBARU


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The Meaning of Gambaru

Ganbaru( , lit., stand firm), also romanized asGambaru, is a ubiquitous Japanese wordthat often translated to mean "doing ones

best", but in practice, it means doing morethan one's best. The word emphasizes"woring with perse!erance"or "toughing it

out."Ganbarumeans "to commit oneself fullto a tas and to bring that tas to an end." #tcan be translated to mean persistence,tenacit, doggedness and hard wor.


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Characters of Gambaru

According to the Japanese Dictionary,GAMBARU means: do!o made mo nintai

shite doryo!u suru, "perse#ere youre$orts through and through%&

'e#er gi#e up, ne#er (ose hope, it)s thestrugg(es and the process that)s

important&

*n +riting,GAMBARU comes from

characters, hard and tighten"&"'o matter the hardships +e face, +eneed to harden ourse(#es and ho(d tight

to our be(ief to face the cha((enges"&


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-.amp(esChi(dren (earning to +ear thin c(othes in +inter, so

they are not spoi(ed against co(d +eather&At schoo(chi(dren shou(d not +ear soc!s, because peop(e

thin! that hitting the /oor immediate(y is good forhea(th& *f it +as 0ust a mi(d co(d sore, or fe#er of 12

degrees do not ha#e to s!ip schoo(,+ith reason,

the chi(d +i(( be strong to face the disease if theyagainst the disease by theirse(f&

After an earth3ua!e +ith a strength of 4&5 fo((o+edby a tsunami in eastern Japan that become the

+orst earth3ua!e and tsunami in the +or(d&6eryreasonab(e +hen go#ernment and Japanese societybegan to panic and confusion facing this disaster&'atura((y,they can start to fee( upset, crying, not

!no+ing +hat to do&


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From the frst day,Japanese TV station didnt sho!a"o#t sadness and mo#rnin$ ,they "road%astonly mental impressions "#ilder, $o&ernment

req#est to all %itizens o' Japanese to help ea%hother and sa&e ele%tri%ity .They also !arnin$s to

keep &i$ilant and $i&e some help'#l tips !ithtelephone n#m"er o' nat#ral disasters that %all

%enters %an "e rea%hed () ho#rs.*o&ernmentalso sendin$ res%#e teams 'rom ea%h pre'e%t#reto the areas o' disaster and askin$ an apolo$y"e%a#se o' ne%essity they m#st do ele%tri%ity

p#ttin$ o#t.


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7trength of Japan

This country is so ama8ing, a countrythat is poor of natura( resources, a

country that time after time put to thetest by nature,but is so techno(ogica((yand menta((y ad#anced because of theirGAMBARU& *t)s safe to say that Japanesepeop(e ha#e nothing but GAMBARU, and

apparent(y it)s more than enough tobrace any cha((enges thro+n in theirfaces&


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Gambarufocuses attentionon the importance of

finishing a task and never

stopping until a goal isachieved.

We need to take the exampleof the spirit gambaru citizensand the Japanese government

who handle that terribledisaster.Philosophy of gambaru

inherent in the chest anyJapanese people.

9urtherabout

Gambaru


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+hate&er that di-%#lt pro"lems

en%o#ntered, yo# sho#ld "e hard and%ontin#e to ti$hten solidity yo#rsel', so

yo# %an !in in 'a%e the pro"lems.

Do not "e spoiled or $i&e #p easily. Thinko' all the pro"lems it is a 'airness in li'e.

There'ore, the name li&es on in the !orld,"asi%ally it hard. /o, do not e0pe%t easy or

#nderestimate the pro"lem.

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Arigatou Go8aimasu

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