挑む
Japanese
| Kanji in this term |
|---|
| 挑 |
| いど Grade: S |
| kun’yomi |
Verb
挑む (transitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いどむ, rōmaji idomu)
- challenge someone, defy a person
挑む (transitive and intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana いどむ, rōmaji idomu)
- make an attempt, try, accept a challenge
Conjugation
Conjugation of "挑む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 挑ま | いどま | idoma |
| Continuative (連用形) | 挑み | いどみ | idomi |
| Terminal (終止形) | 挑む | いどむ | idomu |
| Attributive (連体形) | 挑む | いどむ | idomu |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 挑め | いどめ | idome |
| Imperative (命令形) | 挑め | いどめ | idome |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 挑まれる | いどまれる | idomareru |
| Causative | 挑ませる 挑ます | いどませる いどます | idomaseru idomasu |
| Potential | 挑める | いどめる | idomeru |
| Volitional | 挑もう | いどもう | idomō |
| Negative | 挑まない | いどまない | idomanai |
| Negative continuative | 挑まず | いどまず | idomazu |
| Formal | 挑みます | いどみます | idomimasu |
| Perfective | 挑んだ | いどんだ | idonda |
| Conjunctive | 挑んで | いどんで | idonde |
| Hypothetical conditional | 挑めば | いどめば | idomeba |
Synonyms
- 挑戦する (chōsen suru)