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奮闘 (funtou)

hard struggle, strenuous effort

  • JLPT N1

Meaning

奮闘 (ふんとう, funtou) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “hard struggle, strenuous effort”.

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Example sentences 2

会社かいしゃは生いき残のこりを賭かけて奮闘ふんとうしている。

The company is struggling for survival.

古(ふる)厩(まや)智(とも)之(ゆき)監督が脚本を書き,ロボコンで優勝しようと奮闘する4人の落ちこぼれについての,このおかしくも切ない映画を監督した。

Director Tomoyuki Furumaya wrote the screenplay and directed this funny yet poignant film about four underachievers struggling to win a robot contest.

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