挑戦

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See also: 挑戰 and 挑战

Japanese

Kanji in this term
挑 戦
ちょう
Grade: S 		せん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
挑戰 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

挑(ちょう)戦(せん) • (chōsen) ←てうせん (teusen)?

  1. challenge (against authority or a higher-ranked person)
    新参者(しんざんもの)からの挑(ちょう)戦(せん)
    shinzanmono kara no chōsen
    challenge from a newcomer
  2. (figuratively) try at something
    声優初(せいゆうはつ)挑(ちょう)戦(せん)／声優(せいゆう)に初(はつ)挑(ちょう)戦(せん)
    seiyū hatsu-chōsen／seiyū ni hatsu-chōsen
    first time trying one's hand at being a voice actor

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Derived terms

Verb

挑(ちょう)戦(せん)する • (chōsen suru) suru (stem 挑(ちょう)戦(せん)し (chōsen shi), past 挑(ちょう)戦(せん)した (chōsen shita))

  1. to challenge
  2. (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, “恋はきっと急上昇☆”, のぼる↑ (lyrics)‎:
      お菓子作(かしつく)りに　挑戦(ちょうせん)しても
      いつも焦(こ)がして　渡(わた)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

Conjugation

Conjugation of "挑戦する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
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

  1. ^ Hirayama, Teruo, editor (1960), 全国アクセント辞典 (Zenkoku Akusento Jiten, “Nationwide Accent Dictionary”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Tōkyōdō, →ISBN
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