Anne Curry on Today Show: Japanese 'gambaru' for earthquake, tsunami, meltdown

Anne's description of Japan's National spirit of strength and determination in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges, wrapped up in a word: "gambaru" . Let this serve as a public service reminder for all peoples everywhere...

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[AdamSlowHandSmith]

I Googled for a translation, and got hits on all permutations in spelling:obviously that's a problem with translating any language. Then I found an Anne Curry tweet, and trusting the reporter, I defer to her spelling. Even there, anyone trying to learn the subtleties of Japanese language from some random YouTube video is duly warned!

Regardless of the English spelling/pronunciation, the spirit of the word is important to convey to all (ironically I'm not trying my best to spell or say it). :)

[eriquerique]

I'm a big fan of Ms. Curry and I will still respect her no matter what happens, but it's just a little sad to find out that she can be so out of touch of (half) her origin that she is unfamiliar with perhaps one of the most common word in the Japanese language. There is really, no good excuse for this pronunciation mistake - imagine a Japanese reporter in Japan saying "Thonk you".

[zhicobonita]

I wanted to say exactely the same thing!! thank you for Anne san to report this to us! Gambare!!@bdonnach

[zhicobonita]

I wanted to say exactely the same thing!! thank you for Ann san to report this to us! Gambare!!@bdonnach

[bdonnach]

Nice sentiment, but the way you are pronouncing the word comes out to mean something like "norheast abuse". When pronunciation carries the meaning, try to get the pronunciation correct. The correct word is ”がんばる”, which is pronounced GAnbaru, not GOnbaru.

[bdonnach]

It's "GAMBARI", not gombari.