Existence, the effort of will 生きる（いきる) = 頑張り （がんばり）

Once upon a time arrived a child that feared life from the first breath. But the mother and the father cried: -Gambatte! Onegai, ikitte! Instantly, the fear was soaked in love. To live as well as could the baby tried. Soon learned to smile: just like the skin is warmed by a kind sun the smile did all the same for the parent's heart! Now now, who could keep frozen at the sight of a baby's smile? ...To exist is the effort of will that only love can bring... * ganbari 頑張り（がんばり）＝an effort of will, pull, patience **ikiru =生きる（いきる）-live, exist, last *-Gambatte! =Do your best! (and much much more that, I feel this word is the most strongly tied to Japan and Japanese through all their life. This was only a first example, I hope one day I will put up some more) . Onegai, ikitte! =Please, live!