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 (ちょう)戦 (せん)
    shinzanmono kara no chōsen
    challenge from a newcomer
  2. (figuratively) try at something

Compounds

Verb

挑戦する (shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 挑戰する, 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, “恋はきっと急上昇☆”‎, performed by のぼる↑P:
    お菓子作 (かしつく)りに　挑 (ちょう)戦 (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

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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