挑む

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
挑
いど
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「挑む」
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		挑む いどむ
Imperative (命令形) 挑め いどめ
Key constructions
Passive 挑まれる いどまれる
Causative 挑ませる いどませる
Potential 挑める いどめる
Volitional 挑もう いどもー
Negative 挑まない いどまない
Negative perfective 挑まなかった いどまなかった
Formal 挑みます いどみます
Perfective 挑んだ いどんだ
Conjunctive 挑んで いどんで
Hypothetical conditional 挑めば いどめば

Verb

挑(いど)む • (idomu) transitive godan (stem 挑(いど)み (idomi), past 挑(いど)んだ (idonda))

  1. challenge someone, defy a person

挑(いど)む • (idomu) transitive or intransitive godan (stem 挑(いど)み (idomi), past 挑(いど)んだ (idonda))

  1. make an attempt, try, accept a challenge

Conjugation

Conjugation of "挑む" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 挑ま いどま idoma
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 挑み いどみ idomi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 挑む いどむ idomu
Rentaikei ("attributive") 挑む いどむ idomu
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 挑め いどめ idome
Meireikei ("imperative") 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

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