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The word emphasizes "working with perseverance" [3] or "toughing it out". [4] Ganbaru means "to commit oneself fully to a task and to bring that task to an end". [5] It can be translated as persistence, tenacity, doggedness, and hard work. The term has a unique importance in Japanese culture. [6] Sign on a torii gate proclaiming "Gambaro Japan!"
Sisu is a Finnish word variously translated as stoic determination, tenacity of purpose, grit, bravery, resilience, [1] and hardiness. [2] It is held by Finns to express their national character . It is generally considered [ by whom? ] not to have a single-word literal equivalent in English (tenacity, grit, resilience, and hardiness are much ...
Among the top 100 words in the English language, which make up more than 50% of all written English, the average word has more than 15 senses, [134] which makes the odds against a correct translation about 15 to 1 if each sense maps to a different word in the target language. Most common English words have at least two senses, which produces 50 ...
Gairaigo are Japanese words originating from, or based on, foreign-language, generally Western, terms.These include wasei-eigo (Japanese pseudo-anglicisms).Many of these loanwords derive from Portuguese, due to Portugal's early role in Japanese-Western interaction; Dutch, due to the Netherlands' relationship with Japan amidst the isolationist policy of sakoku during the Edo period; and from ...
Dravidian languages include Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, and a number of other languages spoken mainly in South Asia. The list is by no means exhaustive. Some of the words can be traced to specific languages, but others have disputed or uncertain origins. Words of disputed or less certain origin are in the "Dravidian languages" list.
The new translation engine was first enabled for eight languages: to and from English and French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish in November 2016. [24] In March 2017, three additional languages were enabled: Russian, Hindi and Vietnamese along with Thai for which support was added later.
Wasei-eigo words, compound words and portmanteaus are constructed by Japanese speakers on the basis of loanwords derived from English and embedded into the Japanese lexicon with refashioned, novel meanings diverging significantly from the originals.
Telugu words generally end in vowels. In Old Telugu, this was absolute; in the modern language m, n, y, w may end a word. Sanskrit loans have introduced aspirated and murmured consonants as well. Telugu does not have contrastive stress, and speakers vary on where they perceive stress. Most place it on the penultimate or final syllable ...