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健気
- Kana Reading
- けなげ
- Romaji
- kenage
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- brave; gallant; courage; manly; heroic; praiseworthy; industrious; pure; lovable
- Example sentence
- 兄が急逝したのは２年前、義姉は一人兄の遺した小さな宝飾店を健気に守ってきた。 Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.
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Examples of 健気, けなげ in a sentence
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