Ganbatte kudasai!
You hear this expression every day in Japan. "Do your best!" "Try harder!" "Stick to it!" "Don't give up!" are but a few of the positive messages conveyed. It offered succor 25 years ago when I was in university bushwhacking through the Japanese language: One "ganbatte!" from Sensei emboldened me for the rest of the week.
However, recent events have exposed a problem with ganbatte.
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