踏ん張る – Vocabulary details

踏ふん張ばる

Verb (5-dan, る, intransitive)

1. to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground)

その衝しょう撃げきで背はい後ごによろめいたが、なんとか踏ふん張ばった。The impact made me stagger backward, but I managed to brace myself.

2. to hold out; to persist; to make an effort; to exert oneself

なんとか踏ふん張ばってたのよ。I was somehow holding on.

to step on

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なんとか踏ふん張ばってたのよ。

I was somehow holding on.

踏ふん張ばってももう耐たえられそうもない。

Even if I hold on, I don't think I can endure it any longer.

突つき飛とばされて、踏ふん張ばりきれずに倒たおれた。

I was shoved, and unable to brace myself, I fell over.

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