挑戦
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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挑 | 戦 |
ちょう Grade: S |
せん Grade: 4 |
on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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挑戰 (kyūjitai) |
Noun
Synonyms
- チャレンジ (charenji)
Derived terms
- 挑戦者 (chōsensha, “challenger”)
Verb
挑戦する • (chōsen suru) suru (stem 挑戦し (chōsen shi), past 挑戦した (chōsen shita))
- 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
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- 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.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | ||||
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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
- 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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