挑戦
Appearance
Japanese
[edit]| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 挑 | 戦 |
| ちょう Grade: S |
せん Grade: 4 |
| on'yomi | |
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 挑戰 (kyūjitai) |
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]- challenge (against authority or a higher-ranked person)
- 新参者からの挑戦
- shinzanmono kara no chōsen
- challenge from a newcomer
- 新参者からの挑戦
- (figuratively) try at something
Synonyms
[edit]- チャレンジ (charenji)
Derived terms
[edit]- 挑戦者 (chōsensha, “challenger”)
Verb
[edit]挑戦する • (chōsen suru) suru (stem 挑戦し (chōsen shi), past 挑戦した (chōsen shita))
- to challenge
- (figuratively) to take on the challenge of doing something (especially something one has not done before); to try; to try one's hand at
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- お菓子作りに 挑戦しても
いつも焦がして 渡せずじまい- okashi-tsukuri ni chōsen shite mo
itsumo kogashite watasezu jimai - Even if I try my hand at making sweets,
I always end up burning them and never give them to you
- okashi-tsukuri ni chōsen shite mo
- お菓子作りに 挑戦しても
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Conjugation
[edit]| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 挑戦し | ちょうせんし | chōsen shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 挑戦し | ちょうせんし | chōsen shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 挑戦する | ちょうせんする | chōsen suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 挑戦する | ちょうせんする | chōsen suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 挑戦すれ | ちょうせんすれ | chōsen sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 挑戦せよ¹ 挑戦しろ² |
ちょうせんせよ¹ ちょうせんしろ² |
chōsen seyo¹ chōsen shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 挑戦される | ちょうせんされる | chōsen sareru |
| Causative | 挑戦させる 挑戦さす |
ちょうせんさせる ちょうせんさす |
chōsen saseru chōsen sasu |
| Potential | 挑戦できる | ちょうせんできる | chōsen dekiru |
| Volitional | 挑戦しよう | ちょうせんしよう | chōsen shiyō |
| Negative | 挑戦しない | ちょうせんしない | chōsen shinai |
| Negative continuative | 挑戦せず | ちょうせんせず | chōsen sezu |
| Formal | 挑戦します | ちょうせんします | chōsen shimasu |
| Perfective | 挑戦した | ちょうせんした | chōsen shita |
| Conjunctive | 挑戦して | ちょうせんして | chōsen shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 挑戦すれば | ちょうせんすれば | chōsen sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative
References
[edit]- ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 [Nationwide Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
- “挑戦”, in 漢字ぺディア [Kanjipedia][1] (in Japanese), The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation, 2015–2026
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