Meaning of "[気張]{きば}らずゆっくりやっていこうね"

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気張らずゆっくりやっていこうね

'ゆっくりやっていこう’ means "I'll keep on going slowly", right?
But what is 気張らず?

If it's the ～ず grammar which is confusing you: http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/235/difference-between-negative-forms-%E3%81%9A-and-%E3%81%AC — Robin, Mar 29 '14 at 14:50

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 30 '14 at 01:13

「気張らず」＝「気張らずに」＝「気張らないで」

Those are the negative and continuative forms of 「気張る」 = "exert or strain oneself".

Thus, 「気張らず」 means "without straining oneself", "taking it easy", etc.

"Let's take it easy and go slowly, shall we?"

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