Dictionary / Vocabulary / 健気
けなげ
admirable; commendable; praiseworthy; laudable
common word
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.
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.