挑戦
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 挑 | 戦 |
| ちょう Grade: S | せん Grade: 4 |
| on’yomi | |
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) ちょーせん [chòóséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
- IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
挑戦 (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 挑戰, hiragana ちょうせん, rōmaji chōsen)
- 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
- 声優初挑戦／声優に初挑戦
- seiyū hatsu-chōsen/seiyū ni hatsu-chōsen
- first time trying one's hand at being a voice actor
- 声優初挑戦／声優に初挑戦
Compounds
- 挑戦者 (chōsensha): challenger
Verb
挑戦する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 挑戰する, suru conjugation, hiragana ちょうせんする, rōmaji chōsen suru)
- 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
- 2009, のぼる↑ (lyrics), “恋はきっと急上昇☆”:
- 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
Conjugation of "挑戦する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imperfective (未然形) | 挑戦し | ちょうせんし | chōsen shi | |
| Continuative (連用形) | 挑戦し | ちょうせんし | chōsen shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 挑戦する | ちょうせんする | chōsen suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 挑戦する | ちょうせんする | chōsen suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 挑戦すれ | ちょうせんすれ | chōsen sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 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
- Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.