健気

けなげ

Meanings

1. な-adjective, Noun admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic; noble; courageous

Kanji

• 健 healthy
• 気 spirit. Read as ケ.

Example sentences

• 彼が直向きに生きるその姿は実に健気です。
  The single-minded way he gets on with his life is truly admirable.
• 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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