挑戦

See also: 挑戰 and 挑战

Japanese

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) ちょーせん [chòóséń] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [t͡ɕo̞ːsẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

(ちょう)(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(ちょう)(せん)
    shinzanmono kara no chōsen
    challenge from a newcomer
  2. (figuratively) try at something
    声優(せいゆうはつ)(ちょう)(せん)声優(せいゆう)(はつ)(ちょう)(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

(ちょう)(せん)する • (chōsen suru) suru (stem (ちょう)(せん) (chōsen shi), past (ちょう)(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):
      菓子作(かしつく)りに 挑戦(ちょうせん)して
      いつも()がして (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

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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