Vocabulary
健気
けなげ
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable; brave; heroic
na-adjective
noun
freq #900
Example sentences
兄(あに)が急逝(きゅうせい)したのは2年(とし)前(まえ)、義姉(ぎし)は一人(ひとり)兄(あに)の遺(のこ)した小(ちい)さな宝飾店(ほうしょくてん)を健気(けなげ)に守(まも)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.