頑張って ganbatte Go For It

Go For It in Japanese is 頑張って which is read ganbatte

頑張って (ganbatte): go for it, do your best, hang in there, the word Japanese says to anyone about to try.

頑張って is a cheer. It asks a person to put everything into what is in front of them, and to hold on when it gets hard. English has no one word for it, and go for it and do your best between them carry what it says. On a dojo wall it is the word the dojo says. Whether you hang it where you train or give it to someone facing something hard is yours.

This beautiful calligraphy art of ganbatte would be a great addition to any dojo, or any place where maximum effort is expected, as a reminder to always do one's best.

頑張って is the te-form of 頑張る, a verb written in borrowed characters that the dictionaries derive from 眼張る, to fix the eyes on, or from 我に張る, to insist on one's own way, and its sense of holding on through hardship is in print by 1905.

We want you to be as happy with the meaning as you are with Master Takase's art. To learn more, visit Philology of 頑張って.

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The scrolls are 12 1/4" W × 43" H (31 × 109 cm) with real silk borders and Japanese paper that are layered so the scroll hangs straight and will not warp over time. The scrolls themselves are made by Sankō (株式会社三幸) in Gifu prefecture, which has been making high quality scrolls since 1947, and we have worked with Sankō for over two decades.

Eri Takase was born and raised in Osaka, Japan, and holds the rank of Shihan, the highest rank in Japanese calligraphy, from the Bokuteki-kai and the Bunka-shodo. About Master Takase