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)

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

Compounds

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)

  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, のぼる↑ (lyrics), “恋はきっと急上昇☆”‎:
      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.)
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
  1. Hirayama, Tetsuo (1960) 全国アクセント辞典 (Nationwide Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: 東京堂,.
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