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Meaning of 踏ん張る in Japanese
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踏ん張る, 踏んばる
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Kana Readingふんばる
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Romajifunbaru
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- Godan verb with `ru' ending, intransitive verb
- Meaning
- to brace one's legs; to straddle; to stand firm; to plant oneself (somewhere); to hold out; to persist
- Example sentence
- 土壇場で踏ん張ってその契約を勝ち取らない限り、我々は破産も同然だ。 If we don't make a last ditch stand at winning that contract, we may very well go under.
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Examples of 踏ん張る, 踏んばる, ふんばる in a sentence
Verb Conjugations
Non-Past
- Plain
- 踏ん張る
- Plain Polite
- 踏ん張ります
- Negative
- 踏ん張らない
- Negative Polite
- 踏ん張りません
Past
- Plain
- 踏ん張った
- Plain Polite
- 踏ん張りました
- Negative
- 踏ん張らなかった
- Negative Polite
- 踏ん張りませんでした
Te
- Plain
- 踏ん張って
- Plain Polite
- 踏ん張りまして
- Negative
- --
- Negative Polite
- --
Passive
- Plain
- 踏ん張られる
- Plain Polite
- 踏ん張られます
- Negative
- 踏ん張られない
- Negative Polite
- 踏ん張られません
Kanji in this word
踏
JLPT 1
15 strokes
step, trample, carry through, appraise, evade payment
On'Yomi: トウ
Kun'Yomi: ふ.む, ふ.まえる
張
JLPT 2
11 strokes
lengthen, counter for bows & stringed instruments, stretch, spread, put up (tent)
On'Yomi: チョウ
Kun'Yomi: は.る, -は.り, -ば.り